The Facts of Reconstruction

"The Facts of Reconstruction" by ohn Roy Lynch

John Roy Lynch was an American writer, attorney, military officer, author, and Republican politician who served as Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives and represented Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives. Lynch charts the journey made over the difficult decades after the American Civil War, drawing on his personal experience as a member of state congress, and the national record. He charts the various elections, and the evolution of the Republican and Democratic parties as distinct wings of the political landscape.