Episode #182: Ulysses Grant #7: The Miseries of the Johnson Administration (1865-1869)

Ulysses Grant #7: The Miseries of the Johnson Administration (1865-1869); Topics covered include: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson sworn in as President, Civil War ends, victory celebration in Washington DC< accepts many gifts (including homes), Swing Around the Circle, conflict with President Johnson, refuses diplomatic assignment to Mexico, conflict over the Military Reconstruction Act, named Secretary of War ad interim, conflict over the firing of Edwin Stanton, impeachment and trial of President Johnson, Republican nominee for President, and elected President of the United States

Key people: Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Edwin Stanton, William Sherman, Daniel Butterfield, Phil Sheridan, and Daniel Sickles

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