Reconstruction Era Resources at Wilson Special Collections Library: Politicians & Government
Primary Sources
- Freedman's Bureau Act of 1865Publication Date: 1865
- Full report of the great Ku-Klux trial in the U. S. District Court at Oxford, Miss. [electronic resource] : evidence of witnesses, arguments of counsel, decision and rulings of Judge Hill, incidents, &c.Publication Date: 1871Habeas corpus proceedings in the case of Benjamin Lumpkin, Thomas Malone, and others, indicted under the Enforcement Act of May 31, 1870, for the murder of Alexander Page.
- Congressional reports relating to North Carolinians in the Civil WarCall Number: C970.7 U58c1Publication Date: 1866-1904]Reports are claims submitted to committees in the House and Senate of the United States for pensions for service during the Civil War, many from members of the North Carolina Mounted Infantry; and, for goods taken by the Union army during the war.
- John M. Bright papers, 1854-1911 (bulk 1871-1881) byCall Number: 1840Lawyer, Confederate officer, and Democratic U.S. representative from Tennessee, of Fayetteville, Tenn.
Papers of Bright, chiefly 1871-1881, consisting largely of letters he received while he was in Congress. The letters concern politics, interests of constituents, and the business of the claims committee of which he was chairman. Most letters relate to pensions and Civil War damages. Other papers include family correspondence, manuscript speeches, articles written for the Fayetteville (Tenn.) "Observer" on Biblical topics, and account books of domestic expenses and of the law firms of Bright and Bright and of Bright and Sons.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Speeches in CongressA list of Speeches in Congress between 1865 and 1877 in Wilson Library Special Collections.
- Extension of Ku Klux act : speech of Hon. John Scott, of Pennsylvania, in the Senate of the United States, May 17, 1872. byCall Number: Cp970.821 S42ePublication Date: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, [1872]
- Report of the Joint select committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, so far as regards the execution of the laws, and safety of the lives and property of the citizens of the United States and Testimony taken. byCall Number: C970.821 U58 v.1Publication Date: 1872
Secondary Sources
- An American Crisis: Congress and Reconstruction, 1865-1867 byPublication Date: 1963
- Andrew Johnson byISBN: 0393026736Publication Date: 1989-07-01On April 14, 1865, just as the American Civil War came to an end, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by a Confederate actor. The next morning Andrew Johnson was suddenly elevated to the position of president of the United States at a time when the nation was still suffering from the effects of war.
Amendments
- 13th AmendmentMaterials related to the 13th Amendment in Special Collections.
- 14th AmendmentMaterials related to the 14th Amendment in Special Collections.
- 15th AmendmentMaterials related to the 15th Amendment in Special Collections.
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