Andrew Johnson's Civil War and Reconstruction

Paul Bergeron talked about President Andrew Johnson. He argued that President Johnson is unfairly judged outside of the context of his times or through a partisan lens. Based on his work as the editor of The Papers of Andrew Johnson, Mr. Bergeron argued that President Johnson had the more difficult task of winning the peace following the Civil War. He also spoke about his relationship with President Lincoln and views on the Civil War, race, and the Constitution.

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C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2011 LCV Cities Tour” in Knoxville, Tennessee, on October 3-7 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Comcast local cable affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2. close