IntroductionChapter I. The Secession MovementChapter II. Texas During the WarChapter III. The Break-Up1. Decline and Collapse of Confederate Military Power2. Confusion about Cotton3. The Negro Question and Labor ConditionsPart I—Presidential ReconstructionChapter IV. The State Under Provisional Government1. Inauguration of the New Régime2. Loyalty and Disloyalty in the State3. The Freedmen and the Freedmen’s Bureau4. Relations of the Civil and the Military AuthoritiesChapter V. The Constitutional Convention of 1866Chapter VI. The Restoration of State Government1. The State Elections of 18662. Inauguration of the New Government3. The Eleventh Legislature4. Problems and Policies of Throckmorton’s AdministrationPart II—Congressional ReconstructionChapter VII. The Undoing of Civil Government1. The Reconstruction Acts2. The Provisional State Government and the Military CommandersChapter VIII. Radical-Military Rule1. Radical Politics and Factions2. Removal of Sheridan; Reversal of Military Policy by HancockChapter IX. The Reconstruction Convention of 1868–18691. First Session2. Conditions during the Recess; Presidential Election3. Second SessionChapter X. The Campaign and Election of 18691. The Appeal to Congress2. The Formation of Tickets3. The Canvass: Radicals Supported by Grant4. The ElectionChapter XI. The Final Act of ReconstructionEpilogueChapter XII. Radical Rule and Its Overthrow1. Policies and Legislation2. Growth of the Opposition3. Election of 1873 and the EndBibliographyIndex