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The day Dixie died : Southern occupation, 1865-1866 /
As the North celebrated the end of the Civil War with unparalleled jubilation, the people of the South, particularly of recently fallen Richmond, mourned. The South was about to enter a period of extreme turmoil -- reconstruction. The Union, though preserved, would not easily be healed. Abraham Linc...
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| Language: | English |
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Mechanicsburg, PA :
Stackpole Books,
©2001.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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As the North celebrated the end of the Civil War with unparalleled jubilation, the people of the South, particularly of recently fallen Richmond, mourned. The South was about to enter a period of extreme turmoil -- reconstruction. The Union, though preserved, would not easily be healed. Abraham Lincoln, with wisdom and compassion, saw that the South needed to be treated with respect. Despite the calls for cruel and crushing vengeance that rang forth from the halls of Congress, the President held firm to his beliefs: "With malice toward none; with charity for all ... let us strive to bind up the nation's wounds ... to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace." But this policy of reconciliation came to a tragic end with Lincoln's assassination. Had Lincoln lived, perhaps the South would have fared better in the years ahead, but with his murder, not only had the Southern people lost an invaluable ally, but they had also earned the wrath of those who now were responsible for their fates. Thomas and Debra Goodrich explore this tumultuous period of antebellum history in The Day Dixie Died. The narrative's "you-are-there" approach engages the reader with stories of real people and their experiences. Starting with Lincoln's assassination and continuing up through the harsh realities of occupation through the summer of 1866, the authors trace the history of reconstruction in the south -- the death, destruction, crime, starvation, exile, and anarchy that pervaded those grim years. "As the North celebrated the end of the Civil War, the people of the South, particularly of recently fallen Richmond, mourned. The South was about to enter a period of extreme turmoil reconstruction. The Union, though preserved, would not easily be healed. Starting with Lincoln's assassination and continuing up through the harsh realities of occupation through the summer of 1866, authors Thomas and Debra Goodrich trace the history of reconstruction in the south-the death, destruction, crime, starvation, exile, and anarchy that pervaded those grim years." |
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viii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304) and index. |
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0811704874 9780811704878 0811770257 9780811770255 |