Reconstruction

In the history of the United States, "Reconstruction" was the period after the American Civil War when the southern states of the breakaway Confederate States of America|Confederacy were reintegrated into the United States of America.

Military reconstruction

:First Military District: Virginia, under Gen. John Schofield

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First Military District - John Schofield

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:Second Military District: The Carolinas, under Gen. Daniel Sickles

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Second Military District - Daniel Sickles

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:Third Military District: Georgia, Alabama and Florida, under Gen. John Pope

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Third Military District - John Pope

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:Fourth Military District: Arkansas and Mississippi, under Gen. Edward Ord

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Fourth Military District - Edward Ord

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:Fifth Military District: Texas and Louisiana, under Gen. Philip Sheridan and several others.

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Fifth Military District - Philip Sheridan

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Tens of thousands of U.S. military personnel were stationed in the U.S. Southern states to oversee the process of Reconstruction.

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Governments that had been established under Abraham Lincoln's plan were abolished; the first Reconstruction Act stated that "no legal State governments or adequate protection for life or property now exist in the rebel States".

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