Reconstruction A Concise History

Allen C. Guelzo is Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and Director of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College. Three-time winner of the Lincoln Prize, he is the author of Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America, Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction, Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction, and Gettysburg: The Last Invasion, which won the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History.

Acknowledgments

Introduction
Chapter One: Vengeance, April-December 1865
Chapter Two: Alienation, December 1865-1867
Chapter Three: Arrogance, March 1867-May 1868
Chapter Four: Resistance, May 1868-March 1869
Chapter Five: Distraction, March 1869-May 1872
Chapter Six: Law, 1866-1876
Chapter Seven: Dissension, September 1872-April 1877
Epilogue

Timeline
Notes
Bibliography
Index