UNTIL I HAVE NO MORE TO GIVE: A Hiram Robinett Novel of the Civil War

by Curt J. Robinette

The Civil War ended, President Johnson accepted money to allow Southern hiearchy to regain their political powers and stiffle chances of reconstruction working. Northern citizens were upset that Southern folks were being allowed back into society without so much as an apology. Lives were lost, life was terribly disrupted, in many cases destroyed. However, give the President some money and all is forgiven. In the meantime, the South felt no need to apologize, they were not in the wrong. 4 plus million former slaves likely did not agree with that assessment. The war ended, and those 4 million plus another half-million displaced Southern whites lacked the means to support themselves. Food, housing, medical, all was gone. Lincoln and Congress created the Freedmen's Bureau, which consisted of not more than 1,000 workers. The public (both North and South) did not accept it but it managed to do the job for multiple years. The entire Reconstruction Effort is a good read. It was a noble cause, It just didn't work.

357 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 18, 2025