Editing Reconstruction era (section)

===Installation of military governors===
Starting in March 1862, in an effort to forestall Reconstruction by the Radicals in Congress, Lincoln installed military governors in certain rebellious states under Union military control.{{sfnp|Guelzo|1999|p=[https://archive.org/details/abrahamlincolnre00guel/page/390 390]}} Although the states would not be recognized by the Radicals until an undetermined time, installation of military governors kept the administration of Reconstruction under presidential control, rather than that of the increasingly unsympathetic Radical Congress. On March 3, 1862, Lincoln installed a loyalist Democrat, Senator Andrew Johnson, as military governor with the rank of brigadier general in his home state of Tennessee.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hall |first=Clifton R. |url=https://archive.org/details/andrewjohnsonmil01hall |title=Andrew Johnson: military governor of Tennessee |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=1916 |page=[https://archive.org/details/andrewjohnsonmil01hall/page/19 19] |oclc=259055353 |access-date=July 24, 2010 |via=Archive.org}}</ref> In May 1862, Lincoln appointed [[Edward Stanly]] military governor of the coastal region of [[North Carolina]] with the rank of brigadier general. Stanly resigned almost a year later when he angered Lincoln by closing two schools for Black children in [[New Bern, North Carolina|New Bern]]. After Lincoln installed Brigadier General [[George Foster Shepley (judge)|George Foster Shepley]] as military governor of Louisiana in May 1862, Shepley sent two anti-slavery representatives, [[Benjamin Flanders]] and [[Michael Hahn]], elected in December 1862, to the House, which capitulated and voted to seat them. In July 1862, Lincoln installed Colonel [[John S. Phelps]] as military governor of Arkansas, though he resigned soon after due to poor health.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Warner |first=Ezra J. |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/23721 |title=Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders |publisher=Louisiana State University Press |year=1964 |isbn=9780807108222 |location=Baton Rouge}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=February 2024}}