Abraham Lincoln and Reconstruction :: the Louisiana experiment /

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...

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Main Author: McCrary, Peyton, 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1978.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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 revolutionary dimensions of the Civil War party system. He compares the moderate Republican regime set up by Lincoln with the antebellum social and political system, and contrasts it with the reactionary gov.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (443 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-399) and index.
ISBN:9781400870196
1400870194

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