With Charity for All : Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union / William C. Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, William C. (William Charles), 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.

United States.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P>Harris maintains that Lincoln held a fundamentally conservative position on the process of reintegrating the South, one that permitted a large measure of self-reconstruction, and that he did not modify his position late in the war. He examines the reasoning and ideology behind Lincoln's policies, describes what happened when military and civil agents tried to implement them at the local level, and evaluates Lincoln's successes and failures in bringing his restoration efforts to closure.</P>

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1: First Phase; 1. 1861: An Early Start; 2. A Presidential Initiative; 3. North Carolina: The Stanly Experiment; 4. The Southwest: An Uncertain Beginning; 5. Stalemate; Part 2: Second Phase; 6. A New Presidential Initiative; 7. A Flurry of Act; 8. Louisiana: A Tangled Skein of Reconstruction; 9. Arkansas: An Unfulfilled Promise; 10. Tennessee: Unionists Divided; 11. The Final Months; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"Winner of the Lincoln Prize"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [330]-343) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-0971-X

0-8131-5852-4

OCLC:

900344950