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The avenger takes his place : Andrew Johnson and the 45 days that changed the nation

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Author
Means, Howard B.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c2006.
Call Number
973.81 M483
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Howard Means.
Author
Means, Howard B.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Orlando, Fla
Publisher
Harcourt,
Date of Publication
c2006.
Physical Description
286 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-267) and index.
Summary
From the moment of Lincoln's death on April 15, 1865, until Andrew Johnson, his replacement, formally announced postwar plans on May 29, the fate of the country hung in the balance. War had left the Republic strained almost beyond endurance. Johnson's ascendancy to the presidency seemed the killing stroke, even to the victorious North. A former slave owner from the border state of Tennessee, Johnson had been drunk at his inauguration as vice president; he was hated equally by the South and the North. Some Northerners were even convinced he had been part of the conspiracy behind Lincoln's assassination. Later, he escaped impeachment by a single vote. As Howard Means reveals in this revisionist account of Johnson's first six weeks in office, the new president faced almost insurmountable odds. Yet Johnson not only met but overcame them, preserving the Union for which so many had sacrificed their lives.--From publisher description.
Subjects
Johnson, Andrew, - 1808-1875.
Presidents - United States - Biography.
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.81 M483
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The condition of the South : extracts from the report of Major-General Carl Schurz, on the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana : addressed to the president

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Author
Schurz, Carl,
Date of Publication
1865?]
Call Number
973.891 B628
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Author
Schurz, Carl,
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia, Pa.?
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1865?]
Physical Description
32 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Caption title.
Sabin,
Subjects
Reconstruction.
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.891 B628
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The historical reputation of Thaddeus Stevens

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Author
Jolly, James A.
Date of Publication
1970.
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by James A. Jolly.
Author
Jolly, James A.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1970.
Physical Description
[33]-71 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 74, no. 2
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 74, number 2 (1970), p. 33-71Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.74
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The life of Thaddeus Stevens; a study in American political history, especially in the period of the civil war and reconstruction

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Author
Woodburn, James Albert,
Date of Publication
[c1913]
Call Number
923.2 S846wo
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by James Albert Woodburn.
Author
Woodburn, James Albert,
Place of Publication
Indianapolis
Publisher
The Bobbs-Merrill company
Date of Publication
[c1913]
Physical Description
620 p. illus. 21 cm.
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
United States - Politics and government - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 S846wo
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Reconstruction : America's unfinished revolution, 1863-1877

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Author
Foner, Eric.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c1988.
Call Number
973.8 F673
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Responsibility
Eric Foner.
ISBN
0060158514 :
006091453X (pbk.) :
Author
Foner, Eric.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Harper & Row,
Date of Publication
c1988.
Physical Description
xxvii, 690 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series
The New American Nation series
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 615-641.
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
The author, Eric Foner, is an American historian. He writes extensively on American political history, the history of freedom, the early history of the Republican Party, African American biography, Reconstruction, and historiography, and has been a member of the faculty at the Columbia University Department of History since 1982. [wikipedia]
Contents
Chapters: The world the war made -- Rehearsals for reconstruction -- The meaning of freedom -- Ambiguities of labor -- The failure of presidential reconstruction -- The making of radical reconstruction -- Blueprints for a Republican south -- Reconstruction : political and economic -- The challenge of enforcement -- The reconstruction of the north -- The politics of depression -- Redemption and after
Summary
"Reconstruction chronicles the way in which Americans-black and white-responded to the unprecedented changes unleashed by the war and the end of slavery. It addresses the ways in which the emancipated slaves' quest for economic autonomy and equal citizenship shaped the political agenda of Reconstruction; the remodeling of Southern society and the place of planters, merchants, and small farmers within it; the evolution of racial attitudes and patterns of race relations; and the emergence of a national state possessing vastly expanded authority and committed, for a time, to the principle of equal rights for all Americans." [from the publisher]
Subjects
Reconstruction.
African Americans
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1877.
United States - Politics and government - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.
United States - Political events, 1861-1901
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.8 F673
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The selected papers of Thaddeus Stevens

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Author
Stevens, Thaddeus,
Date of Publication
c1997-
Call Number
923.2 S846pb
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Beverly Wilson Palmer, editor ; Holly Byers Ochoa, associate editor.
ISBN
082293972X (v. 1 : alk. paper)
Author
Stevens, Thaddeus,
Uniform Title
Selections.
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, Pa
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press,
Date of Publication
c1997-
Physical Description
v. <1 > : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
v. 1. January 1814-March 1865.--v. 2. April 1865-August 1868.
Subjects
Reconstruction
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861 - Sources.
United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865 - Sources.
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869 - Sources.
Additional Author
Palmer, Beverly Wilson,
Ochoa, Holly Byers,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 S846pb
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Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, on representation of rebel states : delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 2, 1866

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Author
Wilson, Henry,
Date of Publication
1866.
Call Number
973.891 B 628
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Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts.
Author
Wilson, Henry,
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Printed at the Congressional Globe Office,
Date of Publication
1866.
Physical Description
8 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Reconstruction
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.891 B 628
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Speech of Hon. Thomas Williams, of Pennsylvania, on the reconstruction of the Union : delivered in the House of Representatives, February 10, 1866

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Author
Williams, Thomas,
Date of Publication
1866.
Call Number
973.891 B628
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Author
Williams, Thomas,
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Congressional Globe Office,
Date of Publication
1866.
Physical Description
31 p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Reconstruction
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.891 B628
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Thaddeus Stevens and the Southern States

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Author
Haldeman, Horace L.
Date of Publication
1913
. (Clement Claiborne), 1816-1882. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Assassination. United States--Politics and government--1865-1869. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1913 Description: 159-167 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 6
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Responsibility
by Horace L. Haldeman
Author
Haldeman, Horace L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1913
Physical Description
159-167 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 6
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
Clay, C. C. - 1816-1882.
Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865 - Assassination.
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 17, number 6 (1913), p. 159-167Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.17
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Thaddeus Stevens : Scourge of the South

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Call Number
923.2 S846aL
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Responsibility
compiled by William A. Allison.
Physical Description
3 v. : ill. ; 30cm.
Notes
Three volumes of clippings and photographs relating to Thaddeus Stevens, his enemies, and the impeachment managers for the trial of Andrew Johnson.
Subjects
Bingham, John Armor, - 1815-1900.
Blair, Montgomery, - 1813-1883.
Bontwell, George Sewall, - 1818-1905.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1861.
Butler, Benjamin Franklin, - 1818-1893.
Johnson, Andrew, - 1808-1875.
McClellan, George B., - 1826-1885.
Smith, Lydia Hamilton, - 1813-1884.
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
Williams, Thomas, - 1806-1872.
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 S846aL
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