Title: The era of Reconstruction, 1863-1877
Description: The issue of Reconstruction did not suddenly appear in 1865 or 1867. Almost as soon as the Civil War began in 1861 there were discussions among government officials and in the press about what postwar America -- especially the South -- should be like. - p. 1.
Subjects: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Reconstruction