Episode #171: Andrew Johnson #6: Filling Lincoln's Shoes (1865)

Andrew Johnson #6: Filling Lincoln's Shoes (1865); Topics covered include: President of the United States, Civil War ends, investigation of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, victory celebration in Washington DC, meetings with Congressmen regarding Reconstruction, Presidential Reconstruction, conflict with Radical Republicans in Congress, Black Codes, family in the White House, and the convictions and hangings of (4) Lincoln conspirators

Key people: Mary Lincoln, George Azterodt, William Seward, Joseph Holt, Joseph Johnston, William Sherman, Ulysses Grant, George Meade, Eliza Johnson, Martha Johnson, and Mary Surratt

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