The Disputed Election of 1876: Fraud, Black Voter Suppression, and Faithless Electors

[Pat Young]

I have a new article up at Emerging Civil War that gives the full history of the first month after the disputed Election of 1876:

Echoes of the Reconstruction Era: The 1876 Election—“A Dead Radical Is Harmless”

ECW welcomes back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog The Election of 1876 was the most contentious in United States history. While Lincoln’s election in 1860 had more tumultuous c…

emergingcivilwar.com

 

[Sbc]

I have a new article up at Emerging Civil War that gives the full history of the first month after the disputed Election of 1876:

Echoes of the Reconstruction Era: The 1876 Election—“A Dead Radical Is Harmless”

ECW welcomes back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog The Election of 1876 was the most contentious in United States history. While Lincoln’s election in 1860 had more tumultuous c…

emergingcivilwar.com

Interesting background article Pat. My small quibble is the Union generals mentioned are properly noted as “former”.
Why not the case with Southern general?