Lincoln and Reconstruction (John C. Rodrigue - LL) fido He found much of his

He found much of his solace through writing and sought to advance his education after the war

the Peach Orchard

he had first to revive the depressed morale of the thousands of sailors

and the siege of Petersburg

Lincoln’s problem: he knew it was time for slavery to go

Lincoln and Reconstruction (John C. Rodrigue - LL) fido He found much of hisby John C. Rodrigue Although Abraham Lincoln dominates the literature on the American Civil War, he remains less commonly associated with reconstruction. Previous scholarly works touch on Lincoln and reconstruction, but they tend either to speculate on what Lincoln might have done after the war had he not been assassinated or to approach his reconstruction plans merely as a means of winning the war. In this thought provoking study, John C. Rodrigue