Reconstruction split from Looting the South

Andersonh1

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I understand. My thought in sharing was more that an example had been set by Chamberlain that, if followed...even now...would still have the capacity to bind so many wounds. In regards to what happened after that, I assume the 'lion of the South' was not going to stop roaring just because the North had 'recaptured' it. How do you tame something so proud and majestic, lethal in so many ways? Perhaps Chamberlain was on the right track, not desiring further humiliation of the defeated army, respecting them in many ways as equals. It has me wondering if the North required an utter and complete humiliation of a people already broken by the war and its consequences...if that is the case, then I would be bitter, too.

The Radical Republicans should have taken note of his example during Reconstruction. It might have solved a number of problems.
 
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