Lincoln and Reconstruction (John C. Rodrigue - LL) 1938 operating on the far right

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Fry examines several key crisis points to show how enlisted men developed political awareness that went beyond personal loyalties

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Lincoln and Reconstruction (John C. Rodrigue - LL) 1938 operating on the far rightby John C. Rodrigue Although Abraham Lincoln dominates the literature on the American Civil War, he remains less commonly associated with reconstruction. Previous scholarly works touch on Lincoln and reconstruction, but they tend either to speculate on what Lincoln might have done after the war had he not been assassinated or to approach his reconstruction plans merely as a means of winning the war. In this thought provoking study, John C. Rodrigue