In 1865 President Andrew Johnson implemented a plan of Reconstruction that gave the white South a free hand in regulating the transition from slavery to freedom and offered no role to blacks in the politics of the South. The conduct of the governments he established turned many Northerners against the president's policies.
The end of the Civil War found the nation without a settled Reconstruction policy.
In May 1865, President Andrew Johnson offered a pardon to all white Southerners except Confederate leaders and wealthy planters (although most of these later received individual pardons), and authorized them to create new governments.
Greetings President Abraham Lincoln. I want to clarify that your work as president is phenomenal. With what you have been given and with what you have not, you have done a superb job. Your judgment still remains just as you do not want to punish the south which is reasonable, epically when moving towards a unite nation.
Blockade of South/ assisting armies in field operations. The
south created new weapons and copied ships but still didn't stand a chance. However,
the Confederates strong resistance showed that they would not go quietly and
the war was far from over.
