Southern Reconstruction
President Johnson issued on September 7 a new proclamation of amnesty. After a lengthy
preamble the document recites that the full pardon described in the proclamation of May
29, 1865, shall be extended to all persons having participated in the late rebellion, with
the restoration of all privileges, immunities, and rights of property, except as to
property with regard to slaves, and except in cases of legal proceedings under the laws of
the United States, on condition that such persons shall take an oath of allegiance, which
oath is duly described. The chief or pretended chief executive officers of the late
Confederacy, all heads of departments of the Confederate Government, all agents thereof in
foreign States and countries, all having held military rank or title above the grade of
Brigadier-General, or naval rank or title above that of Captain, all Governors of States,
all persons having treated otherwise than as lawful prisoners of war persons in the
military or naval service of the United States, and all persons, who were engaged, either
directly or indirectly, in the assassination of the late President are debarred from
profiting by the amnesty. This proclamation really affects only about 400 persons in all
the South; relieves only one-fourth of these; and was issued only for political effect.
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How Long?
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Reconstruction and Obstruction
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The Summer Session
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The Fortieth Congress
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Thanks to the District Commanders
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Impeachment Postponed
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A Desperate Man
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The Secretary of War
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The Stanton Imbroglio (illustrated satire)
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Secretary Grant
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Southern Reconstruction
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General Thomas
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Southern Reconstruction
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The General and the President
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General Sickles Also
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Southern Reconstruction
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The President’s Intentions
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Impeachment
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The Main Question
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Suspension during Impeachment
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"Disregarding" The Law
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Impeachment
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General Grant’s Testimony
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The President’s Message
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General Grant’s Letter
January 1, 1868, page 2
Secretary Stanton’s Restoration
January 25, 1868, page 51
Reconstruction Measures
January 25, 1868, page 51
The President, Mr. Stanton and General Grant
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Romeo (Seward) to Mercutio (Johnson) (cartoon)
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The War Office
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Secretary’s Room in the War Department (illus)
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