 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yehondo, maRadical Republicans akapikisa kusarudzwa kwekutanga kwaLincoln kwaGeneral George B. McClellan semutungamiriri mukuru weEast Army yePotomac uye kuyedza kwaLincoln muna 1864 kuunza nyika dzekuSouth dzakabuda muUnited nekukurumidza uye nyore sezvinobvira. Lincoln akazoziva utera hwaMcClellan ndokumubvisa pakuva mutungamiriri. VaRadical vakapasa hurongwa hwavo hwokuvakazve muCongress muna 1864, asi Lincoln akahushora uye akanga achishandisa mitemo yake somukuru mukuru wemauto paakaurayiwamuna April 1865. Vanhu vakanga vasingadi kuchinja zvinhu vaida kubviswa kwouranda pasina muripo, nepo Lincoln aida kubhadhara varidzi varanda vakanga vakavimbika kuUnited States. Pashure pehondo, vaRadical vakada kodzero dzomunhu oga nokuda kwavaranda vakasunungurwa, kubatanidza matanho anovimbisa kodzero yokuvhota. Ivo vakatanga Mitemo Yakasiyana-siyana Yekuvakazve pamwe neGumi neChina Amendment uye yakaganhurirwa kodzero dzezvematongerwo enyika uye dzekuvhota kune vaimbove veConfederate vakuru vehurumende nevakuru vemauto. Vakarwa zvakasimba nomutsivi waLincoln, Andrew Johnson, aichimbova muridzi wevaranda wokuTennessee uyo aida kuti nyika dzokuSouth dzisarudze kodzero uye mamiriro aichimbova varanda. Pashure pokunge Johnson adzivisa mitemo yakasiyana-siyana yeCongress yaifarira kodzero dzevagari vemo vaichimbova varanda, vakaedza kumubvisa pachigaro nokumudzinga pachigaro, uko kwakakundikana nokuvhota kumwe chete muna 1868. 