Mike,

Jim said "other wars" and he didn't put a limit on it, but I kept it an American War and an American occupation. My point being that Reconstruction was NOT a generous act, not generous as we have treated foreign nations. The U.S. worst occupation was the Philippine-American War, and the American Civil War, was probably second on the list. It has left deep wounds with many Southerners.

The point in all of this was the original question on whether ex-Union officers made the transformation from war to reunion easier. I think the possibility of even an easier or faster reunion may have occurred with other men as president. The ex-Union officers that did become president, on the whole, extended a policy of occupation and non-reunification. The damage of which lasted well into the 20th century.

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David Upton