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Lincoln’s Plan of Reconstruction
By
CHARLES H. McCARTHY
Ph.D. (Pa.)
New York
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
MCMI
Copyright, 1901 by
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
PUBLISHED NOVEMBER, 1901
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CONTENTS
| Page | |
|---|---|
| Introduction | xv |
| I | |
| TENNESSEE | |
| Election and Policy of Lincoln | 1 |
| East Tennessee | 3 |
| Secession | 8 |
| Federal Victories | 10 |
| A Military Governor | 11 |
| Origin of Military Governors in the United States | 12 |
| Measures of Governor Johnson | 17 |
| Negro Troops | 20 |
| Nashville Convention of 1863 | 21 |
| Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction | 23 |
| Steps to Restoration | 27 |
| Nashville Convention of 1865 | 30 |
| Election of William G. Brownlow | 32 |
| Nomination of Lincoln and Johnson | 32 |
| Presidential Election in Tennessee | 34 |