Reconstruction of the South begins at large today as U.S. President Andrew Johnson issues the Amnesty Proclamation allowing for the restoration of property rights (slaves excluded) to eligible white Southerners who sign an oath of allegiance declaring that “I, _______ _______, do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth…
Today in the nation’s capital of Washington, D.C. the Grand Review of the Armies takes place. Beginning at 9:00 a.m. sharp on a bright and sunny day, some 80,000 soldiers from the Union Army of the Potomac parade through the streets to the cheers of politicians, officials and citizens, including president Andrew Johnson, standing alongside…
Two days after the body of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is laid to rest in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois, current President Andrew Johnson issues an executive order for a military trial for eight named co-conspirators in the murder of Lincoln and the attempted murder of Secretary of State William H. Seward and other…