Charles Sumner: “I am unwilling that Reconstruction should have a military…”

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I am unwilling that Reconstruction should have a military “initiative.” I would not see new States born of the bayonet.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses his opposition to military-led Reconstruction efforts.

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Charles Sumner: “I am unwilling that Reconstruction should have a military “initiative.” I would not see new States born of the bayonet.”