Volume 32 of the

Chronicles of America Series

Allen Johnson, Editor Assistant Editors Gerhard R. Lomer Charles W. Jefferys

The Sequel of Appomattox

By Walter Lynwood Fleming

A Chronicle Of the Reunion of the States

New Haven: Yale University Press Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Co. London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press 1919

Copyright, 1919 by Yale University Press

Contents. The Sequel of Appomattox Chapter Chapter Title Page I. The Aftermath of War 1 II. When Freedom Cried Out 34 III. The Work of the Presidents 54 IV. The Wards of the Nation 89 V. The Victory of the Radicals 118 VI. The Rule of the Major Generals 140 VII. The Trial of President Johnson 158 VIII. The Union League of America 174 IX. Church and School 196 X. Carpetbag and Negro Rule 221 XI. The Ku Klux Movement 243 XII. The Changing South 265 XIII. Restoration of Home Rule 282 Bibliographical Note 305 Index 309

THE SEQUEL OF APPOMATTOX