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Reconstruction Era

Took place on December 8, 1863

162

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The 163rd anniversary falls on December 8, 2026, in 45 days.

The Reconstruction era, often simply called Reconstruction, was a period in United States history that followed the American Civil War (1861–1865) and was dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of the abolition of slavery and federal control over, and reintegration of, the former Confederate States…

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