The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Abstract: (5 pp) "What was real and fundamental was the idealism and the nobility of the two contending forces: the Yankees struggling to save the Union, dying to make men free; the Confederates fighting for great Constitutional principles, defending their homes form invasion." Thus begins Kenneth Stammp's book The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877, which wants to demonstrate the relationship between the war and the reconstruction period of the civil war are more similar rather than different. This discussion will examine his idea.

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Subcatagory: U.S. History (19th Century)

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