The Only Possible Reason for Lionizing Gobrand

The only possible reason for lionizing gobrand would be if you had an ulterior political reason to do so. The plain truth is that reconstruction was bad, objectively bad. It was a time of school commissioners who signed their names with an x,. tax collectors who pocketed huge sums for private use. tin pot tyrants who had citizens court martialled and sent to the dry tortugas for the crime of insulting the republican party.