Presidential Reconstruction and the Radical Ascendancy

Here is a good overview of Reconstruction in Louisiana. Whoever wrote this must be a genius!
Here is another one about Georgia, which is also very informative. 

President Andrew Johnson

Today we are going to be talking about a wide range of concepts about the politics of Reconstruction - particularly the bigger issues of "why?" We will concentrate on five themes of interpretation: Material, Political, Moral, Ideological, and Sectional