It was close to a continuation of the civil war. The Congressional hearing transcripts were published and are a fascinating read in and of themselves even today.
Grant took about as much shit from the southerns as he did in the war. He enforced Reconstruction at the point of a bayonet. The klan night riders were terrorizing the ex slaves as well. Johnson was sympathetic to, and supported the southern whites. Stanton who was removed, was the Secretary of War, and the cabinet official responsible for military enforcement of reconstruction. He reacted just like U S Grant. Both, of course were towering civil war figures who had helped save the country.
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