The president and Congress had to determine the terms and conditions for the former Confederate to rejoin the Union. To some citizens, President Lincoln and Johnson’s decision for not seeking harsh treatment against the Southern states was unfavored. To others, they nor agreed or disagreed ...
In this plan, Lincoln stated that all southern whites should take an oath of loyalty to the United States. Once they did, they would receive amnesty-a general pardon by the government. The leaders of the Confederate military and the government were not allowed to be part of this plan. ...
In early 1862, the Union and the Confederacy were locked in one of the most influential arms races of the Civil War. While their navies still relied on wooden ships, both sides had gambled on building revolutionary “ironclad” vessels that boasted steam engines, hulking cannons and armor pla...