White Brotherhood, 222
White Citizens Council, 369
White, Edward D., 363
White House, blacks as visitors to, 251–52
White Knights, 371
White Leagues, 314–15
white supremacy, 356, 360–61. See also Jim Crow laws; specific organization
Whittemore, Benjamin F., 304
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 8, 152
Wide-Awake Club, 18
Wilderness, Battle at, 246
Willey, Waitman, 211, 212
Williams, George H., 289, 316
Wilson, Henry, 15, 312, 350
Wilson, James, 182–83
Wilson, Woodrow, 363, 364
Wirt, Elizabeth, 194
Wirt, William, 194
Woman Order, Butler’s, 71–72
women
elections of 1872 and, 296
Grant and rights of, 296–97
Greeley and, 292–93, 296
hanging of, 99
Hayes and rights of, 331
KKK and, 284–85, 365
slaves as protectors of Confederate, 307
as teachers, 277
voting rights for, 204, 296–97, 331, 357
and Wade and rights of, 199
and Weed’s views about feminists, 211
Woolley, Charles, 210, 218
Woolworth’s, sit-ins at, 369
World War I, 364
World War II, 367, 369
Wormley, James, 351
Wormley’s Hotel (Washington, D.C.), Washington Commission meeting at, 351, 354
Wright, Jonathan Jasper, 304
Wyoming, 361
Yorkville, South Carolina
Akerman’s visit to, 282–83
KKK activities in, 278, 282–83
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Wikimedia Commons: 20, 48, 89, 236, 274
National Archives via Wikimedia Commons: 93, 102, 288, 345
Library of Congress: 220, 333, 336, 352
White House Photo Office via Wikimedia Commons: 372
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Langguth, A. J., 1933–
After Lincoln : how the north won the Civil War and lost the peace / A. J. Langguth.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865–1877) 2. United States—Politics and government—1865–1877. I. Title. II. Title: How the north won the Civil War and lost the peace.
E668.L27 2014
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ISBN 978-1-4516-1732-0
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