The Reconstruction Of States: Letter Of Major-General Banks To Senator Lane

At the bitter end of civil war, one letter framed a nation's next steps. One letter. A turning point. History shifts in a paragraph. In "The Reconstruction Of States: Letter Of Major-General Banks To Senator Lane", a senior Union commander writes to a leading senator, confronting the hardest question of the American Civil War era: how should the defeated South be governed and readmitted to the Union? This historical political letter, issued as a civil war political pamphlet, probes the reconstruction of southern states, questions of loyalty, rights and federal power with a clarity that still stings. As a reconstruction era primary source, the pamphlet opens a rare window onto union military governance history and the fierce postwar federal authority debate shaping the United States reconstruction period. Read in the light of Lincoln reconstruction policy debate and emerging radical republican politics history, it illuminates the tensions between pragmatism in the field and principle in Congress. Accessible yet searching, it serves both as an indispensable primary source for students and as rewarding reading for civil war historians, general history enthusiasts and classic-pamphlet collectors. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For anyone tracing the arguments that defined the postwar settlement, this compact work captures debate at white heat.

Author:

James Henry Lane

Publisher:

Alpha Edition

Publication Date:

March 15, 2021

Number of pages:

28 pages

Language:

English

Binding:

Paperback

ISBN-10:

9354487149

ISBN-13:

9789354487149