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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC00671
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to the 1890s
Title	James Longstreet to William J. Fowler on the reconstruction policies of Lincoln and Johnson
Date	7 June 1894
Author	Longstreet, James (1821-1904)
Recipient	Fowler, William J.
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	General Longstreet discusses the reconstruction policies of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson with Fowler, a judge in Boston, Massachusetts. States "The independent action of President Johnson, was the error that lead the grave troubles that came to the south, and to the north afterwards. Had Congress been called in extra session after the surrender, affairs would have been arranged in a way that would have been, as promptly accepted as was the independence policy" of President Lincoln.
Subjects	Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Reconstruction President Congress Surrender Government and Civics
People	Fowler, William J. (fl. 1894) Longstreet, James (1821-1904) Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Place written	Gainesville, Georgia
Theme	Reconstruction; The Presidency; Government & Politics
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Transcript	Show/hide Gainesville Geo June 7th - 1894 Hon. William J. Fowler Boston Mass. My Dear Sir Your interesting letter of the 30th ultimo with the several enclosures were duly received and I am under obligation for your kind attention. There is no doubt but President Lincoln's views of the reconstruction policy was on the line of home rule, nor is there reason to doubt that he would have adjusted its application through the medium of Congress. The independent action of President Johnson, was the error that led the grave troubles that caused [2] to the south, and to the north afterwards. Had Congress been called in extra session after the surrender, affairs would have been arranged in a way that would have been, as promptly accepted as was the independence policy of the President. Thanking you for your kind attentions I am very truly your ob servant, James Longstreet

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