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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 23 > Book looks at first black congressmen after Civil War

Book looks at first black congressmen after Civil War

By Javan Kienzle / The Bulletin
November 23, 2008

“Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen” by Philip Dray (Houghton Mifflin, $30)

In the predawn hours of May 13, 1862, the Confederate gunship Planter made its stealthy way across Charleston Harbor toward a Union blockade....

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