CHAPTER XII

MILITARY GOVERNMENT UNDER THE RECONSTRUCTION ACTS

Administration of General John Pope 473 Military Reconstruction Acts 473 Pope's Control of the Civil Government 477 Pope and the Newspapers 485 Trials by Military Commissions 487 Registration and Disfranchisement 488 Elections and the Convention 491 Removal of Pope and Swayne 492 Administration of General George G. Meade 493 Registration and Elections 493 Administration of Civil Affairs 495 Trials by Military Commissions 498 The Soldiers and the Citizens 500 From Martial Law to Carpet-bag Rule 501