Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 to William J. Fowler

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GLC#
GLC00671
Type
Letters
Date
June 7, 1894
Author/Creator
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904
Title
to William J. Fowler
Place Written
Gainesville, Georgia
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 14.5 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

General Longstreet discusses the reconstruction policies of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson with Fowler, a judge in Boston, Massachusetts. He states "The independent action of President Johnson, was the error that lead the grave troubles that came to the south, and to the north afterwards. Had Congress been called in extra session after the surrender, affairs would have been arranged in a way that would have been, as promptly accepted as was the independence policy" of President Lincoln.

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