Project Gutenberg Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals

CHAPTER XI.

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Passage of the Reconstruction Act Over the President's Veto—Placed in Command of the Fifth Military District—Removing Officers—My Reasons for Such Action—Affairs in Louisiana and Texas —Removal of Governor Wells—Revision of the jury Lists—Relieved from the Command of the Fifth Military District