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THE SEQUEL OF APPOMATTOX
A CHRONICLE OF THE REUNION OF THE STATES

BY WALTER LYNWOOD FLEMING




CHAPTER I. THE AFTERMATH OF WAR

When the armies of the Union and of the Confederacy were disbanded in 1865,
two matters had been settled beyond further dispute: the Negro was to be free,
and the Union was to be perpetuated. But, though slavery and state sovereignty
were no longer at issue, there were still many problems which pressed for
solution. The huge task of reconstruction must be faced. The nature of the
situation required that the measures of reconstruction be first formulated in
Washington by the victors and then worked out in the conquered South. Since
the success of these policies would depend in a large measure upon their
acceptability to both sections of the country, it was expected that the North
would be influenced to some extent by the attitude of the Southern people,
which in turn would be determined largely by local conditions in the South.
The situation in the South at the close of the Civil War is, therefore, the
point at which this narrative of the reconstruction naturally takes its
beginning.