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Columbia, S. C., taken, February 17,
Charleston, S. C., taken, February 18,
Battles of Averysboro and Bentonsville, N. C., Mar 15, 18,
Attack on Fort Steadman, Va., March 25,
Battle of Five Forks, Va., April 1,
Petersburg and Richmond taken, April 2, 3,
Lee's army surrendered, April 9,
President Lincoln assassinated, April 14,
Johnston's army surrendered, April 26,
Jefferson Davis captured May 11,
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REFERENCES FOR READING.
Draper, Greeley, Stephens, Abbott, Pollard, Lossing and Headley on the Civil War Nichol's Story of the
Great March and The Sanctuary (a novel) Swinton's Army of the Potomac and Twelve Decisive
Battles Dabney's Life of Stonewall Jackson Badeau's Military History of General Grant Headley's
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Farragut and Our Naval Commanders Coffin's Days and Nights on the Battle Field Boynton's American
Navy Still's History of the Sanitary Commission Johnston's Narrative of Military Operations Moore's
Rebellion Record and Ballads and Grant White's Poetry of the Civil War Harper's Pictorial History of the
War Duyckinck's History and Lives of Eminent Americans Mrs Childs's Romance of the Republic Esten
Cook's Surrey of Eagle's Nest and Mohun (novels) Harrington's Inside Gilmore's Among the Guerrillas
and Down in Tennessee W. G. Simms's War Poetry of the South Laura Redden's Idyls of Battle and
Richardson's Field, Dungeon, and Escape Hotchkiss &Allan's Battle Fields of Virginia Early's Army of
Northern Virginia Whittier's In War Time (Poem) Cooke's Life of General Robert E. Lee Memoirs of
Gen W. T. Sherman Barnes's Popular Hist of United States
[Illustration: LINCOLN'S EARLY HOME IN ILLINOIS]
EPOCH VI. RECONSTRUCTION AND PASSING EVENTS.
From 1865 Close of the Civil War,
To The Present Date.
JOHNSON'S ADMINISTRATION.
[Footnote: Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, N. C., December 29, 1808. When only ten years of age, he
was bound apprentice to a tailor of that city. Never having been at school a day in his life, he yet determined
to secure an education. From a fellow-workman he learned the alphabet, and from a friend something of
spelling. Thenceforth, after working ten to twelve hours per day at his trade, he spent two or three every night
in study. In 1826, he went West to seek his fortune, with true filial affection carrying with him his mother,
who was dependent on his labor for support. After his marriage at Greenville, Tenn., he continued his studies
under the instruction of his wife, pursuing his trade as before by day. His political life commenced with his
election as alderman. He was successively chosen mayor, member of legislature, Presidential elector, State
senator, twice governor, and thrice U.S. senator.]
[Footnote: Questions on the Geography of the Sixth Epoch. Locate Raleigh. Heart's Content, and St. John's,
Newfoundland (see map, Epoch II). Alaska St. Albans, Vt. Buffalo, Mt. Pleasant, O, (map. Epoch V). West
Point. Chicago. Boston. Duluth. Puget's Sound. San Francisco. Klamath Lava Beds, Oregon.]
(SEVENTEENTH PRESIDENT: 1865-1869.)
THE death of Lincoln produced no disorder, and within three hours thereafter the Vice-President, Andrew
Johnson, quietly assumed the duties of the Presidency.
DISBANDING OF THE ARMY. At the close of the war the two armies numbered a million and a half of
soldiers. Within six months they had nearly all returned home. Thus the mightiest hosts ever called to the
field by a republic went back without disturbance to the tranquil pursuits of civil life. In a few months there
was nothing to distinguish the soldier from the citizen, except the recollection of his bravery. Other nations
prophesied that such a vast army could not be disbanded peaceably. The republic, by this final triumph of law
and order, proved itself the most stable government in the world.
[Footnote: A grand review of the armies of Grant and Sherman, two hundred thousand strong, took place in
the presence of the President and his Cabinet. For twelve hours this triumphal procession, thirty miles long,
massed in solid column twenty men deep, rolled through the broad avenues of the Capital.]
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS. Reconstruction Policy of the President. Johnson recognized the State
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governments that had been formed in Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Louisiana during the war, under the
protection of the Union army. In the other States, he appointed provisional governors, and authorized the
calling of conventions to form loyal governments. These conventions accordingly met, repealed the
ordinances of secession, repudiated the Confederate war debt, and ratified the amendment which Congress
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