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With the country on the cusp of healing after the Civil War, the sudden assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 stands as one of the most significant and haunting events in American history.

Ryan P. Semmes, historian and Mississippi State Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library research director examines the far-reaching implications of Reconstruction in his first book ā€œExporting Reconstruction: Ulysses S. Grant and a New Empire of Liberty.ā€ The 2024 University of South Carolina Press publication is part of the organizationā€™s ā€œReconstruction Reconsideredā€ series.