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Charles H. (Charles Hallan) McCarthy
1860–1941
A historian and educator, he wrote clearly about American government and the Civil War era, including a close study of Abraham Lincoln’s Reconstruction policy. His work helped bring U.S. history to students in Catholic schools and colleges in the early 20th century.
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Lincoln's Plan of Reconstruction
by Charles H. (Charles Hallan) McCarthy
About the author
Born in Franklin, New Jersey, on February 14, 1860, he became a teacher and later a scholar of American history. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania, earning a Ph.D. in 1898, and went on to lecture in New York before joining The Catholic University of America, where he taught for many years and retired in 1939.
His writing focused on history and civics. Among his best-known works is Lincoln's Plan of Reconstruction, and he also wrote textbooks such as Civil Government in the United States and History of the United States for Catholic Schools, aimed at making public life and national history easier for students to understand.
Remembered as both a professor and an author, he spent much of his career explaining American institutions in a practical, readable way. His books reflect a strong interest in how the United States developed politically after the Civil War and how that history could be taught clearly to younger readers.