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Reconstruction in Mississippi

by James Wilford Garner. 422 pgs.

Contributors:

   James Wilford Garner

Publisher:

   Macmillan

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1901

Subjects:

Reconstruction--Mississippi, Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

	CONTENTS
	CHAPTER FIRST SECESSION AND CIVIL WAR
I.	The Rupture with the United States	1
II.	Waging War	8
III.	Problems of Military Occupation	29
IV.	Political and Economic Activity during the War	38
	CHAPTER SECOND THE TRANSITION FROM CIVIL WAR TO RECONSTRUCTION
I.	The Peace Sentiment	51
II.	The Collapse of the Confederacy	56
III.	The Private Law Status during the War	63
	CHAPTER THIRD PRESIDENTIAL RECONSTRUCTION
I.	The Inauguration of the Presidential Policy in Mississippi	75
II.	The Reconstruction Convention of 1865	82
III.	Conflicts between the Civil and Military Authorities	96
IV.	The Status of the Freedmen	109
	CHAPTER FOURTH THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF RECONSTRUCTION
I.	Economic Problems	122
II.	Reconstruction of the Postal and Railway Service	139
	CHAPTER FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION
I.	The National Inquest	147
II.	The Reconstruction Acts	156
III.	Military Government under General Ord	161
IV.	The Registration of the New Electorate	171
V.	Party Politics in 1867	176
VI.	Military Government under General Gillem	182
VII.	The Reconstruction Convention of 1868	186
VIII.	Party Politics in 1868	205
IX.	The Removal of Governor Humphreys and the Appointment of General Ames	213
X.	The Rejection of the Constitution	216
XI.	The Mississippi Question in Congress	222
XII.	Military Government under General Ames	228
XIII.	Party Politics in 1869. The Constitution ratified	237
	CHAPTER SIXTH
	THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU 249
	CHAPTER SEVENTH THE REËSTABLISHMENT OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT
I.	The Final Act of Reconstruction	269
II.	Readmission to the Union	272
III.	The Inauguration of a Civil Governor	277
IV.	Reorganization under the Reconstruction Constitution	281
	CHAPTER EIGHTH THE "CARPET-BAG" RÉGIME
I.	The Election of General Ames as Civil Governor	290
II.	The Inauguration of the Ames Administration	294
III.	Local Government under Republican Rule	305
IV.	State Expenditures	314
V.	Unpopular Legislation	324
VI.	The Vicksburg Troubles	328
	CHAPTER NINTH
	THE KUKLUX DISTURBANCES IN MISSISSIPPI	338
	CHAPTER TENTH
	EDUCATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION	354
	CHAPTER ELEVENTH THE REVOLUTION
I.	The Election Campaign of 1875	372
II.	Riots and Disturbances during 1875	375
III.	Preparations for War	382
IV.	The Triumph of the Democracy	389
V.	The Impeachment of State Officials	401
VI.	The Completion of the Revolution	410

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