The Tug-of-War of Reconstruction

Today we are going to look at Reconstruction-era violence, Republican factionalism, and the emergence of the Redeemers.

Horace Greeley, who ran for President against Grant in 1872

An excellent map. Let's look at this and consider readmission dates and what this means vis a vis the nature of Reconstruction violence and the varying nature of the Redemption struggle.