Out of Our Past: Civil War officer disputed a charge of desertion
The second week of June,1865, a local man whose loyalty was questioned and who sought to defend himself in military court received final judgement
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The second week of June,1865, a local man whose loyalty was questioned and who sought to defend himself in military court received final judgement
Reconstruction: A Timeline of the Post-Civil War Era For a 14-year period, the U.S. government took steps to try and integrate the nation's newly freed Black population into society. Author: Recently freed African Americans receive rations. Credit: Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images For a 14-year period, the U.S. government took steps to try and integrate the nation's newly freed Black population into society. Between 1863 and 1877, the U.S. government undertook the task of integrating nearly four million formerly enslaved people into society after the Civil War bitterly divided the ...