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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 11 11 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 4 4 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 4 4 Browse Search
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War 3 3 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 2 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 2 2 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 1 1 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Reconstruction. (search)
nts were paralyzed and disorganized by the convulsions produced by the Civil War. A deep-seated social system had been overthrown, and in a number of the States business of every kind, public and private, had become deranged. It was necessary for the national government to put forth its powers for the reconstruction of the Union politically, as a preliminary measure for its peaceful and healthful progress. President Johnson took a preliminary step towards reconstruction by proclaiming (April 29, 1865) the removal of restrictions upon commercial intercourse among all the States. A month later (May 29) he issued a proclamation stating the terms by which the people of the late Confederate States, with specified exceptions, might receive full amnesty and pardon, and be reinvested with the right to exercise the functions of citizenship (see amnesty proclamations; Johnson, Andrew). This was soon followed by the appointment by the President of provisional governors for the seven States whi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rodenbough, Theophilus Francis 1838- (search)
Rodenbough, Theophilus Francis 1838- Military officer; born in Easton, Pa., Nov. 5, 1838; appointed second lieutenant, 2d United States Cavalry, in 1861; promoted captain in 1862; was captured at Manassas, but soon exchanged; appointed colonel of the 18th Pennsylvania Volunteers, April 29, 1865. After the war he was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers, and commissioned major of the 42d United States Infantry; retired as colonel because of wounds, Dec. 15, 1870. He was chief of the bureau of elections, New York City, in 1890-99. He is the author of From Everglade to Cañon with the 2d dragoons