Andrew Johnson was US senator from Tennessee when the war began. He remained loyal to the union when Tennessee seceded. In March 1862 Lincoln appointed him military governor of Tennessee with the rank of Brigadier General. In 1864 he was elected Vice-President.
He was the VP under Lincoln during the civil war.
He was the VP under Lincoln during the civil war.
Andrew Johnson's group had the harshest reconstruction plan after the Civil War. This did not include any protection for people who had been slaves.
To allow the South after the Civil War to segregate and basically force freedmen back into virtual slavery. So when you hear Radical Republicans, realize that it was Johnson that ended reconstruction and allowed for Jim Crow Laws, so yeah thanks revisionist historians.
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The U.S. Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln happened after Franklin Pierce became president but before Andrew Johnson was impeached. Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States and served his term from March 4, 1853 to March 4, 1857. Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States and served his term from April 15, 1865 to April 15, 1869, he was impeached on February 24, 1868. In that decade the U.S. Civil War occurred from 1861-1865.
The Johnson County War also known as the Wyoming Civil War took place in April, 1892.
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Andrew Johnson.
The President was Andrew Johnson of Tennessee.
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Andrew Johnson.
Andrew Johnson was the vice-president of the United States which was known as the Union side in the Civil War.
Andrew Johnson was not in the military. After the North recaptured Tennessee, Lincoln appointed Johnson military governor of Tennessee and he was given the rank of brigadier general while in that position.
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Andrew Johnson vetoed the post-Civil War bill.