This is the best book I have ever read about Reconstruction during the Lincoln administration. With Charity for All offers a powerful argument for the continuity of Lincoln's generous approach to Reconstruction, and it provides a wealth of information showing how the president's mind worked. I only wish I had had this first-rate book before me when I was writing my Lincoln biography.
~Journal of American History
2nd place winner of the 1997 Lincoln Prize.
Harris offers powerful, fresh arguments about the pros and cons of Lincoln's policies, and supports all of his conclusions with first-rate scholarship and writing.
~Civil War Courier
Essential reading for all interested in wartime Reconstruction.
~Georgia Historical Quarterly
A detailed, well-organized overview of Lincoln's reconstruction policy.
~History
A very fine book in every way, and an important contribution to Reconstruction historiography. Harris writes clearly with an easy style that effortlessly keeps his readers on track.
~Illinois Historical Journal
Harris brings impressive research and new sophistication to an old question.
~North & South
