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John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History, Chapter 30 . (search)
Chapter 30.
Military governors
Lincoln's theory of reconstruction
congressional election in Louisiana
letter to military governors
letter to Shepley
amnesty proclamation, December 8, 1863
instructions to Banks
Banks's action in Louisiana
Louisiana Abolishes slavery
Arkansas Abolishes slavery
reconstruction in Tennessee-
Missouri emancipation
Lincoln's letter to Drake
Missouri Abolishes slavery
emancipation in Maryland
Maryland Abolishes slavery
To subdue the Confederate armies and establish order under martial law was not the only task before President Lincoln.
As rapidly as rebel States or portions of States were occupied by Federal troops, it became necessary to displace usurping Confederate officials and appoint in their stead loyal State, county, and subordinate officers to restore the administration of local civil law under the authority of the United States.
In western Virginia the people had spontaneously effected this reform, first by r
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History, Chapter 32 . (search)