Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 to William J. Fowler
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00671 Author/Creator: Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 Place Written: Gainesville, Georgia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: June 7, 1894 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 14.5 cm Order a Copy
General Longstreet discusses the reconstruction policies of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson with Fowler, a judge in Boston, Massachusetts. He states "The independent action of President Johnson, was the error that lead the grave troubles that came to the south, and to the north afterwards. Had Congress been called in extra session after the surrender, affairs would have been arranged in a way that would have been, as promptly accepted as was the independence policy" of President Lincoln.
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