Harpers+6

Harper's Weekly, October 28, 1865, page 675 (Domestic Intelligence)
 * RECONSTRUCTION **

General Lee on the same day he was installed President of Washington College subscribed to the oath of amnesty, by which he solemnly binds himself to defend the Union of States under the Constitution.


 * 1. Wow! Build a case that explains why the South’s top general should be so easily readmitted to the Union and receive amnesty. **