After President Lincoln's assassination in April 1865, President Andrew Johnson took over the presidential office until the radical Republicans won the critical election of 1866. The Republicans introduced new constitutional and federal legal protections into the Freedman's Bureau, most of which would be vetoed after the white southerners regained control over all the Southern states in 1877 (Carlisle, 2008).
The presidential win of Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes marked the end of the Reconstruction period in America during the year 1877. As part of his presidential campaign, President Hayes vowed to end army control over the remaining three states that were under Republican law.
Rain panted. How long will this keep going? I just want to die already… He though and after a beat, his eyes fluttered close.
There he slept, naked, lying in a pool of darkness.
"Rain Silver." Asmodeus grinned. An evil grin. "Welcome to hell!"
