{"id":506,"date":"2020-09-11T22:05:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T22:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/?page_id=506"},"modified":"2021-12-17T21:08:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T21:08:17","slug":"battlegrounds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/reconstruction\/battlegrounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Battlegrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Radicals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The political atmosphere of the Reconstruction era was dominated by the presence of the Radical faction of the Republican party, which became the prime target of Southern Democrats&#8217; anger and frustration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the Radicals who pushed through the Reconstruction Acts which started military Reconstruction &#8212; measures that Pres. Johnson, an erstwhile Democrat, did not approve of. They were also behind the president&#8217;s impeachment, which did not lead to his removal but helped ensure he was not even on the ballot for the Democrats in the next election. Radical Republican and former Union general Ulysses S. Grant was elected to replace him in 1868.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Johnson Problem<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Spreacher_pg3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Spreacher_pg3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"607\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Spreacher_pg3.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/recon_sec4_spreacher_pg3\/\" class=\"wp-image-607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Spreacher_pg3.jpg 650w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Spreacher_pg3-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Spreacher_pg3-634x999.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Spreacher_pg4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Spreacher_pg4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"608\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Spreacher_pg4.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/recon_sec4_spreacher_pg4\/\" class=\"wp-image-608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Spreacher_pg4.jpg 656w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Spreacher_pg4-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Spreacher_pg4-640x999.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em><em>This county was the head quarters of deserters during the war, &amp; many of the leading citizens clearly in sympathy with the South If Mr Johnson could have witnessed how jubilant the above named characters were over his egotistical (not to say drunken)<\/em><\/em> <em>speech, making himself Judge, Jury &amp; executioner of his political enemies, Thad <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thaddeus_Stevens\">Stephens<\/a> of Pa. Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Sumner\">Sumner<\/a> &amp; W. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wendell_Phillips\">Phillips<\/a>, then he would have doubted its expediency.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>From a Mar. 1866 letter from D. Spreacher of Illinois to his friend George in Iowa, recounting a wild impromptu speech given locally by Pres. Johnson. He says that many in the audience were sympathetic to the Confederacy and were very happy to hear the President rebuke popular Radical Republican figures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Wade Hall collection of Civil War materials, MSS.4273 (<a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/44488\">Digitized item<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/archives.lib.ua.edu\/repositories\/3\/resources\/4873\">Info about the collection<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">removing the cause<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Some of the Radical press are endeavoring to delude the people with the idea that the success of the impeachment plot will give quiet to the country by removing the cause, as they allege, of all the agitation of the public mind and the disturbance of its business interests &#8212; that is, the President &#8212; who, they have the temerity to [assume\/accuse?], was responsible, though shorn of nearly all of his executive functions, for the present evils which we suffer.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>From an 1868 article discussing the potential impeachment of Pres. Johnson. It argues against the claim of a <em>New York Times<\/em> article that getting rid of him would solve all the country\u2019s problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:14px\">&#8220;The Quiet of Despotism,&#8221; <em>Southern Advertiser<\/em> (Troy), Mar. 17, 1868.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">facts or falsehoods<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Our Radical taskmasters, who require brick at our hands without first providing us with straw, have reversed the old Conservative fashion of dispensing justice. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Witness the infamous Ku-Klux Bill! It was designed and passed as punitory measure against the South. And now that the punishment has been inflicted, the Radical conspirators are sending Smelling Committees, composed almost entirely of violent, inflamed and prejudiced enemies of the South to nose among the highways and byways of our persecuted land for either facts or falsehoods (it matters not which,) to justify their acts of gross injustice and wrong.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>From an 1871 editorial railing against Radical Republican legislation. It says Congress wants to justify the KKK Act by sending spies to the South to find \u2014 or invent \u2014 evidence of wrongdoing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ironically, they begin the article with a reference to a familiar Bible story about the Israelites being enslaved to the Egyptians (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Exodus+5&amp;version=KJV\">Exodus 5<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:14px\">&#8220;Radial Justice,&#8221; <em>Clarke County Democrat<\/em> (Grove Hill), Aug. 10, 1871)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Political Coalitions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Cabaniss.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Cabaniss.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"605\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Cabaniss.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/recon_sec4_cabaniss\/\" class=\"wp-image-605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Cabaniss.jpg 644w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Cabaniss-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_Cabaniss-628x999.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Resolved 2nd. That in carrying out this position we will place upon the county ticket a liberal Republican, in fact, and name and that we do hereby ask of that organization to designate their own man, to whom we pledge our support.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>From an 1872 Madison County Democratic party document copied by attorney and local political operative Septimus D. Cabaniss. It calls for a coalition of all who are \u201cin opposition to Grant\u2019s administration\u201d \u2014 that is, the Radical Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nationally, Liberal Republicans formed their own party, and in 1872 they joined with Democrats in running a single candidate against Grant for the presidency: New York newspaperman Horace Greeley. Clearly, similar anti-Radical alliances were also being made in state and local elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:14px\">S. D. Cabaniss papers, MSS.0252 (<a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/18044\">Digitized item<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/archives.lib.ua.edu\/repositories\/3\/resources\/627\">Info about the collection<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>by the free ballot<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Perished Through its own corruption 5 P.M., November 3rd, 1874, in Alabama, by the free ballot of the virtuous people it outraged the detestable body of Alabama Radicalism. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>It clutched in its leprous grasp the State&#8217;s pure judiciary, and bedraggled it in slime until its spotless ermine was black and offensive as Radicalism&#8217;s own adored Africa. It transformed the State&#8217;s great Legislature into a howling Pandemonium of indecency and plunder, an unconvicted Penitentiary of thieves, blackguards and felons&#8230;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>From an 1874 \u201cobituary\u201d for the Radical arm of the state Republican party. It describes them as figuratively diseased and dirty, and depicts the legislature as chaotic and presided over by criminals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:14px\">&#8220;Obituary: Alabama Radicalism,&#8221; <em>Henry County Register<\/em> (Abbeville), Nov. 13, 1874.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Redemption<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The era of the Radicals eventually gave way to the era of the Redeemers, Southern Democrats who hoped to re-take control of their local and state governments. This would effectively allow them to walk back some of the concessions they had made to civil rights, often under duress, to rejoin the Union. It would mean &#8220;redemption.&#8221; For Alabama, this came in 1874. For the region as a whole, it was a result of the 1876 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>anomalous state<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>The anomalous state of affairs at Montgomery continues. Gov. Lewis and other officers of the State Government &#8212; all Radicals &#8212; holding their offices at the hands of the Democrats and Conservatives in the Legislature sitting in the Capitol, who counted the votes and announced their election, occupy official rooms in the Capitol, and yet all recognize, as the legal Legislature, the Radical Rump, which virtually confessed its own illegitimacy by assembling in another and unusual place, the U.S. Court Room&#8230;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>From an article on political uncertainty in Montgomery after the 1872 election. Competing legislatures were meeting separately \u2014 Democrats at the capital building, Republicans at the federal courthouse. The Republicans would eventually take power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:14px\">&#8220;The Situation at Montgomery,&#8221; <em>Democrat<\/em> (Huntsville), Dec. 6, 1872.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>the ruin of defeat<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>We have been ingloriously defeated, &#8220;horse, foot and dragoons,&#8221; in our National vote, and in the vote for our State officials. No matter what may have been the causes that led to it, whether they palliate or give additional cause for regret, the fact that we have been defeated is a humiliating confession that truth compels us to make. Amid the ruin of defeat, and the prospect of additional oppression, the question arises, what is our duty? Mourning over the result does not benefit us, nor does it change our position. Despondency does no good, and will not lighten the burdens to be imposed. It is our duty to &#8220;organize victory&#8221; for the next campaign.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>From an article on the 1872 reelection of Pres. Grant. It argues that wallowing in defeat isn\u2019t helpful; rather, Democrats must start planning for the 1874 election. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:14px\">&#8220;1874&#8211;Organize Victory,&#8221; <em>Shelby County Guide <\/em>(Columbiana), Nov. 14, 1872.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Consolidating Power<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_MarengoCoDems.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"606\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_MarengoCoDems.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/recon_sec4_marengocodems\/\" class=\"wp-image-606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_MarengoCoDems.jpg 614w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_MarengoCoDems-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/files\/2020\/06\/Recon_Sec4_MarengoCoDems-599x999.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Our state can not afford to go back under the radical yoke to be plundered and oppressed. Marengo is particularly bound in honor to maintain the high position she has won, as the banner county of the \u2018black belt.\u2019 We gave heavy odds against us, but we have overcome them in the past, and will now, if every man of our party will do his whole duty; not only vote himself, but see that his neighbor is fully informed\u2026<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A July 14, 1876, flier targeting Democratic voters in Marengo County ahead of the state election, the first since the state&#8217;s &#8220;redemption.&#8221; It says that the only argument the party needs is to point out the positive changes it has made since its \u201cglorious victory\u201d two years prior. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those changes is the 1875 state constitution. This document retained elements of the 1868 constitution like protections for voters of color, but it also established segregation in the education system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Alabama vertical files, MSS.3437 (<a href=\"https:\/\/archives.lib.ua.edu\/repositories\/3\/resources\/3642\">Info about the collection<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">hallelujah<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Tilden and Reform!<br>The Country Redeemed After A Long Reign Of Misrule!<br>Glory! Hallelujah! The Day of Jubilees Has Come!<br>A Glorious Dawn After A Long, Long, Weary Night!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>From a graphic celebrating the apparent election of Samuel Tilden, the Democrat, to the U.S. presidency in 1876. It proclaims the country\u2019s redemption and celebrates the end of a \u201clong, weary night.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:14px\">&#8220;Tilden and Reform!,&#8221; <em>North Alabamian<\/em> (Tuscumbia), Nov. 10, 1876.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><em>his Fraudulency R. B. Hayes<\/em><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>It is now pretty definitely settled that Hayes is to be duly declared President by the Commission in their <\/em>quasi<em> judicial and <\/em>quasi <em>political, three-legged, one-sided action. The legal mind of this tribunal has made its decision upon a process of reasoning which has legalized fraud, canonized swindling and defeated justice. So by this <\/em>Commission<em>, not by the people, his Fraudulency R. B. Hayes is to be lawful and rightful proprietor of Federal patronage for the next four years.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>From an article lamenting the final outcome of the Compromise of 1877 that gave Rutherford B. Hayes, the Republican, a victory in the 1876 election and thus the presidency. Despite these harsh words, it goes on to say anyone who says Hayes is not President is &#8220;not true patriot.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:14px\">&#8220;[It is now pretty definitely settled],&#8221; <em>Our Mountain Home<\/em> (Talladega), Feb. 21, 1877.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/reconstruction\/return\/\">&lt; previous section<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/reconstruction\/\">exhibit home<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/reconstruction\/freedmen\/\">next section &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radicals The political atmosphere of the Reconstruction era was dominated by the presence of the Radical faction of the Republican party, which became the prime target of Southern Democrats&#8217; anger and frustration. It was the Radicals who pushed through the Reconstruction Acts which started military Reconstruction &#8212; measures that Pres. Johnson, an erstwhile Democrat, did &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/reconstruction\/battlegrounds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Battlegrounds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":426,"featured_media":0,"parent":30,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-506","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/426"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1484,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506\/revisions\/1484"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalexhibits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}