Fifth Military District

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The Fifth Military District was a U.S. Army administrative region during Reconstruction that placed Texas and Louisiana under military rule to enforce federal laws and oversee their reintegration into the Union after the Civil War.

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Fifth Military District canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Reconstruction military district ⓘ
U.S. military district ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Austin region ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
New Orleans metropolitan area ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
ex-Confederate officials in Texas and Louisiana ⓘ
former Confederate states ⓘ
former enslaved people in Texas and Louisiana ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolvedAfter readmission of Louisiana to the Union ⓘ
readmission of Texas to the Union ⓘ
endTime 1870 ⓘ
follows American Civil War ⓘ
governingBody U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to: United States Army
hasAuthorityOver state governments of Texas and Louisiana during Reconstruction ⓘ
hasCapital New Orleans ⓘ
hasCommander Edmund J. Davis ⓘ
Joseph J. Reynolds ⓘ
Philip H. Sheridan ⓘ
linked to: Philip Sheridan

Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
hasDuty disqualification of certain former Confederates from office ⓘ
enforcement of civil rights legislation ⓘ
ensuring ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
implementation of Congressional Reconstruction policies ⓘ
maintaining public order under military rule ⓘ
overseeing formation of new state constitutions ⓘ
supervision of elections in Texas and Louisiana ⓘ
supervision of voter registration ⓘ
supporting Freedmen’s Bureau operations ⓘ
hasEvent removal of Texas Governor James W. Throckmorton by General Sheridan ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Military Reconstruction ⓘ
linked to: Reconstruction era
hasHistoricalSignificance key instrument of Radical Reconstruction in the Southwest ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasLegalStatus temporary military government ⓘ
hasPurpose enforcement of federal laws in the South ⓘ
oversight of reintegration of former Confederate states into the Union ⓘ
protection of freedpeople’s civil rights ⓘ
hasTypeOfGovernment military administration ⓘ
headquartersLocation New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: New Orleans
legalBasis First Reconstruction Act ⓘ
Reconstruction Acts of 1867 ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
partOf Reconstruction era ⓘ
U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to: United States Army
replaces civilian state governments not yet reconstructed ⓘ
startTime 1867 ⓘ

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