Dec. 8 1863 - Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South

One of his many grand accomplishments Abraham Lincoln began to devise his plans to bring the South back into the Union. He favored a lenient policy and wanted to reunite. But many of his proponents had different plans.

He wanted the Re-United State to accept the President and take a Oath of the Constitution. It was today that Lincoln unveiled this plan and gradually began to bring the Confederacy back into the Union.