Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Preface 7
3. Contents 9
4. Chapter I. The Secession Movement 11
5. Chapter II. Texas During the War 21
6. Chapter III. The Break-Up 27
7. Part I. Presidential Reconstruction
8. Chapter IV. The State Under Provisional Government 55
9. Chapter V. The Constitutional Convention of 1866 85
10. Chapter VI. The Restoration of State Government 108
11. Part II. Congressional Reconstruction
12. Chapter VII. The Undoing of Civil Government 145
13. Chapter VIII. Radical-Military Rule 171
14. Chapter IX. The Reconstruction Convention of 1868–1869 200
15. Chapter X. The Campaign and Election of 1869 261
16. Chapter XI. The Final Act of Reconstruction 288
17. Epilogue
18. Chapter XII. Radical Rule and Its Overthrow 295
19. Bibliography 319
20. Index 321
21. Studies in History, Economics and Public Law 325