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Library of Congress2015

The Army and Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Within two months of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865, the Confederacy had collapsed, and its armed forces had ceased to exist. In the spring of 1865, the U.S. Army faced the unprecedented task of occupying eleven conquered Southern states and administering "Reconstruction" -- the process by which the former rebellious states would be restored to the Union. But a rapid demobilization of the Army placed the remaining occupation troops at a disadvantage almost from the start. Mark Bradley traces the Army's law enforcement, stability, and peacekeeping roles in the South from May 1865 to the end of Reconstruction in 1877, marking a unique period in American history. During that time, the Southern states remained under military occupation, and for several years, they were also ruled by military government. Veteran Army commanders such as Philip H. Sheridan, John M. Schofield, Daniel E. Sickles, Edward R. S. Canby, and Winfield S. Hancock may have found the work of Reconstruction less dangerous than fighting the Civil War had been, but they also found it no less challenging.

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Library of Congress1920

Skhematicheskai︠a︡ karta Ussuriĭskoĭ, Mandzhurskoĭ i Koreĭskoĭ zheleznykh dorog

This map shows the major railroads located in the Russian Far East, Manchuria (China), and Korea in the early 20th century: the Ussuri Railroad, the Manchurian Railroad, and the Korean Railroad. The establishment of railroads was a major vehicle of imperial expansion and control in the Far East in this era, particularly for Russia and Japan. The map utilizes a variety of lines and colors to explain various phases of railroad construction: a double-black line for the completion of two tracks, a single black line for completion of one track, a red line for an established but only partially constructed railroad, and a dashed black line for a proposed (but still unbuilt) railroad. Several well-known Russian, Chinese, and Korean cities are shown on the map. These include Blagoveshchensk, Khabarovsk, and Vladivostok in Russia; Harbin, Mukden (present-day Shenyang), and Port Arthur (Lüshun) in China (Manchuria); and P'yongyang and Seoul in Korea. Black triangles signify the presence of Japanese troops in parts of northeastern China and Korea, reflecting the extensive military occupation by Japan following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-5. In the 19th century, as the Qing Dynasty of imperial China weakened, both Russia and Japan sought to take advantage of China's waning power by expanding into areas of northeastern China and neighboring Korea. Russia forced China to cede territories north and east of the Amur and Ussuri Rivers in the Treaty of Aigun of 1858 and in the Convention of Peking of 1860 and increased its influence in Manchuria from its base of operations in Harbin. Japan moved aggressively into China and Korea after victories in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95 and in the Russo-Japanese War. As Japan became ascendant in the region after 1905, it targeted Russian railroad interests and reengineered local rail networks to serve its own interests. This map was compiled from notes of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society for use in a book on the Maritime Region of Russia (Primorskiy Kray, near Vladivostok). The map shows a scale at the bottom that utilizes the verst, a tsarist-era unit of distance equal to 1.07 kilometers. World Digital Library.

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Library of Congress1872

In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 97.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of William Henry Otis, of Indiana, ask leave to report that the said bill was referred to the same committee during the Fortieth Congress, and that, having again examined the case, the Committee do, upon reconsideration thereof, adopt the report then made, which is as follows

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Library of Congress1882

In the Senate of the United States. May 10, 1882. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Mary Dove (colored), praying for compensation for the use and occupation by the military authorities of the United States of certain premises owned by her, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows

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Library of Congress1878

In the Senate of the United States. May 1, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McMillan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Mary Dove (colored), praying for compensation for the use and occupation by the military authorities of the United States of certain premises owned by her, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows

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Library of Congress1878

In the Senate of the United States. May 13, 1878. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. M.A. McClannahan, of Knoxville, Tenn., claiming rent for the use and occupation by the military authorities of the United States of a certain gristmill owned by her, and situate at Knoxville, Tenn., from November 15, 1863, to February 24, 1864, has considered the same, and submit the following report

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