In the shadow of the great rebellion: the life of Andrew Johnson, seventeenth president of the United States (1808-1875)

IN THE SHADOW OF THE GREATREBELLION: THE LIFE OF ANDREWJOHNSON, SEVENTEENTH PRESIDENTOF THE UNITED STATES (1808-1875)......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 8
FOREWORD......Page 10
PREFACE......Page 18
AFRESH START IN TENNESSEE......Page 20
THE TENNESSEE TAILOR......Page 24
EARLY POLITICAL AMBITIONS......Page 25
U.S. CONGRESSMAN......Page 28
THE 28TH CONGRESS......Page 30
THE 1845 ELECTION......Page 31
DAMNED CONTENTIOUSNESS......Page 33
THE 30TH CONGRESS......Page 37
THE 32ND CONGRESS......Page 39
ELECTION OF 1853......Page 42
ELECTION OF 1855......Page 45
HOMESTEAD BILL......Page 48
EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC WORKS IN WASHINGTON......Page 49
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS......Page 50
SPEECHES ON SECESSION......Page 51
ACCOSTED ON A TRAIN AT LYNCHBURG......Page 55
SLAVERY AS A PRETEXT......Page 57
MILITARY GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE......Page 60
RELIEF TO SOLDIERS IN PRISONS......Page 63
PROBLEMS WITH MILITARY SUPPORT......Page 64
SIEGE OF NASHVILLE......Page 67
SWING AROUND THE CIRCLE......Page 70
MILITIA ENROLLMENT......Page 72
MOSES OF THE COLORED MAN......Page 73
ELECTIONS......Page 74
ASCENSION TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH......Page 76
THE INAUGURATION......Page 78
THE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION......Page 80
SEVENTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES......Page 82
SLAVERY......Page 87
PRESIDENTIAL RESTORATION......Page 90
AMNESTY......Page 92
PARDON BROKERAGE......Page 95
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENTS......Page 97
RACIAL CONFLICTS......Page 99
ECONOMIC CONFLICTS......Page 101
DISSATISFACTION AMONG CABINET MEMBERS......Page 102
THE EXECUTION OF FOUR LINCOLN CONSPIRATORS......Page 103
CONGRESS BACK IN SESSION ANDALL HELL ‘BOUT TO BREAK LOOSE......Page 106
SOUTHERNERS FAILED TO BE SEATED IN CONGRESS......Page 108
THE FREEDMEN’S BUREAU BILL OF 1866......Page 109
CIVIL RIGHTS BILL......Page 111
TRUMAN’S TRIP......Page 112
FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT......Page 113
THE MEMPHIS AND NEW ORLEANS RIOTS......Page 115
SWING AROUND THE CIRCLE......Page 118
SECOND ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS......Page 120
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FRANCHISE BILL......Page 121
TENURE OF OFFICE ACT......Page 124
THE MILITARY RECONSTRUCTION ACTS......Page 125
ALASKAN PURCHASE......Page 126
1867 HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON IMPEACHMENT......Page 127
RETURN TO THE PLACE OF HIS NATIVITY......Page 129
REMOVAL OF SECRETARY OF WAR STANTON......Page 130
REMOVAL OF GENERALS PHILIP H. SHERIDANAND DANIEL E. SICKLES......Page 132
JENNIE A. PERRY60......Page 133
THE SENATE DEALS WITH STANTON’S REMOVAL......Page 134
EXCHANGE WITH GRANT......Page 135
WILLIAM T. SHERMAN IS CONSIDERED......Page 139
THE APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL LORENZO THOMAS......Page 140
IMPEACHMENT......Page 144
THE HOUSE VOTES FOR IMPEACHMENT......Page 145
IN JOHNSON’S DEFENSE......Page 146
INTERVIEWS DURING THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL......Page 147
PRELIMINARIES IN THE SENATE......Page 149
POLITICAL MANEUVERING AND DEAL MAKING......Page 150
THE TESTIMONY......Page 151
THE SIDESHOW......Page 155
THE CLOSED-DOOR DELIBERATION......Page 156
THE VOTE ON ARTICLE XI......Page 157
THE RECALCITRANT REPUBLICANS......Page 158
OUTPOURING OF EFFUSION......Page 159
FINAL DAYS IN THE WHITE HOUSE......Page 162
POCKETS OF LAWLESSNESS......Page 164
FINAL EXTRAVAGANZAS......Page 165
FINAL BUSINESS......Page 166
ONE LAST HURRAH......Page 168
POLITICAL AMBITIONS BACK IN TENNESSEE......Page 169
LIFE HANGING BY A YELLOW RIBBON......Page 174
A CANDIDATE FOR THE U.S. SENATE IN 1875......Page 176
JOHNSON DEAD......Page 179
A FINAL WORD......Page 180
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 186
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 192
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 194
INDEX......Page 196