Following Lincoln's assassination, president Andrew Johnson appointed new governors in the summer of 1865, and quickly declared that the war goals of national unity and the ending of slavery had been achieved, so that reconstruction was completed.
President Andrew Johnson appointed new governors in the summer of 1865. This was following Lincoln's assassination. So that reconstruction was completed. This was what president Andrew Johnson declared following Lincoln's assassination. The war goals of national unity had been achieved. The ending of slavery had been achieved.