With Charity for All: Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union / Edition 1

by William C. Harris

Overview

Harris maintains that Lincoln held a fundamentally conservative position on the process of reintegrating the South, one that permitted a large measure of self-reconstruction, and that he did not modify his position late in the war. He examines the reasoning and ideology behind Lincoln's policies, describes what happened when military and civil agents tried to implement them at the local level, and evaluates Lincoln's successes and failures in bringing his restoration efforts to closure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813109718
Publisher:	University Press of Kentucky
Publication date:	06/24/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

William C. Harris was named an Alumni Distinguished Professor for Research at North Carolina State University on the basis of this book.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1861: An Early Start
A Presidential Initiative
North Carolina: The Stanly Experiment
The Southwest: An Uncertain Beginning
Stalemate
A New Presidential Initiative
A Flurry of Activity
Louisiana: A Tangled Skein of Reconstruction
Arkansas: An Unfulfilled Promise
Tennessee: Unionists Divided
The Final Months
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

A very fine book in every way, and an important contribution to Reconstruction historiography. Harris writes clearly with an easy style that effortlessly keeps his readers on track.

Illinois Historical Journal

Harris brings impressive research and new sophistication to an old question.

North & South

A detailed, well-organized overview of Lincoln's reconstruction policy.

History

Harris offers powerful, fresh arguments about the pros and cons of Lincoln's policies, and supports all of his conclusions with first-rate scholarship and writing.

Civil War Courier

This is the best book I have ever read about Reconstruction during the Lincoln administration. With Charity for All offers a powerful argument for the continuity of Lincoln's generous approach to Reconstruction, and it provides a wealth of information showing how the president's mind worked. I only wish I had had this first-rate book before me when I was writing my Lincoln biography.

Journal of American History

2nd place winner of the 1997 Lincoln Prize.

From the Publisher

Essential reading for all interested in wartime Reconstruction.

Georgia Historical Quarterly