January
February
March
April
President Johnson issues a proclamation that "the insurrection which heretofore existed in the Confederate states is at an end and is henceforth to be so regarded".
May
In Pulaski, Tennessee, six Confederate veterans organize the Ku Klux Klan.
June
Congress adopts the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
July
August
President Johnson extends the closure of hostilities to Texas, the official end of the war.
September
October
November
In Indianapolis, Indiana, veterans of the Union Army create the Grand Army of the Republic (the GAR) as a social and political organization.
December
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