Abraham Lincoln and Reconstruction
After victorious federal troops swept through southern Louisiana in 1862, the state became the testing ground for Abraham Lincoln''s approach to reconstruction, and thus the focal point for the debate over post-war policy in Washington. Peyton McCrary offers a comprehensive account of the social and political upheavals in Louisiana, set against the background of a new interpretation of the revolut...
After victorious federal troops swept through southern Louisiana in 1862, the state became the testing ground for Abraham Lincoln''s approach to reconstruction, and thus the focal point for the debate over post-war policy in Washington. Peyton McCrary offers a comprehensive account of the social and political upheavals in Louisiana, set against the background of a new interpretation of the revolut...
