Category: Amnesty
When Longstreet Objected to Amnesty Offer for Confederate Soldiers January 1864
Here is an unusual correspondence between Union General J.G. Foster and Confederate General James Longstreet. In December, 1863 Abraham Lincoln had offered an amnesty to,…
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Freedoms Gained and Lost: Reconstruction and Its Meanings 150 Years Later edited by Adam Domby and Simon Lewis
Freedoms Gained and Lost: Reconstruction and Its Meanings 150 Years Later edited by Adam Domby and Simon Lewis, Published by Fordham University Press (2022) Freedoms…
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Pres. Andrew Johnson’s “Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction” May 1865
President Andrew Johnson issued his “Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction,” on May 29, 1865. This proclamation would have a major impact on the South, Confederate…
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