Original sentence: Chandler of Michigan.It was chaired throughout by Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio and became identified with the Radical Republicans, who wanted more aggressive war policies than those of Lincoln.It was established on December 9, 1861, following the Union defeat at the Battle of Ball's Bluff, at the instigation of Senator Zachariah T.The committee continued until May 1865
Edited sentence: Chandler of Michigan, and it continued until May 1865.It was chaired throughout by Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio and became identified with the Radical Republicans who wanted more aggressive war policies than those of  Lincoln.It was established on December 9, 1861, following the embarrassing Union defeat at the Battle of Ball's Bluff, at the instigation of Senator Zachariah T