Endings and Beginnings: Spring and Summer 1865 Lincoln Views the Future 10 per cent plan The Second Inaugural Two Weeks in April Last Gasp at Appomattox Assassination, Mourning, and a New World
Surrender Scenes
An Evening at Ford’s Theater
A Nation in Mourning
The Journey Home
Swift Justice
Freedmen, women, and children Moment of Freedom Booker T. Washington Juneteenth Gen. Gordon Granger Freedman’s Bureau March 3, 1865 Gen. O. O. Howard
July 1, 1865
Useful Information for Constitutional Convention May 29: Andrew Johnson issues general amnesty Oath of Allegiance restores property rights, political rights June 30: Lincoln conspirators found guilty July 7: Four conspirators hanged Thirteen Amendment (passed January 31, 1865)