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Reynolds, John S. (b. 1848) Reconstruction in South Carolina, 1865-1877

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.390 Author/Creator: Reynolds, John S. (b. 1848) Place Written: Columbia, South Carolina Type: Book Date: 1905 Pagination: 522 p. ; 23.6 x 16.4 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses the provisional government and conditions at the end of the Civil War under military occupation and control. Chapters cover the administration of each governor, including James Lawrence Orr, Robert Kingston Scott, Franklin J. Moses, and Daniel Henry Chamberlain, as well as topics such as the Ku Klux Klan, frauds, and dual government. Published by The State Co., Publishers, Columbia, South Carolina.

The matter of this book was first printed in weekly parts in The State. The chapters have been rearranged from their original publication in the newspaper, in order to improve accuracy.

Reynolds was editor of the News and Herald in South Carolina.

Reynolds, John S. (John Schreiner)., 1848-?

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