[BroJoeK]

jeffersondem: "By your telling within four years of the disaster at Appomattox the South had the strength to force a corrupt Grant administration on the nation."

Naw, you're confused about history.
The 1876 presidential election pitted Republican Ohio Gov. Rutherford B. Hayes against Democrat New York Gov. Samuel J. Tilden.
The vote was close and the election resolved by a corrupt bargain:

"An informal deal was struck to resolve the dispute: the Compromise of 1877, which awarded all 20 electoral votes to Hayes; in return for the Democrats conceding to Hayes' election, the Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction.[2]"

With the withdrawal of Federal troops, Democrats took over the South and effectively nullified the 13th, 14th & 15th Amendments for nearly 100 years.

Of course, you know all that, right?

[jeffersondem]

“The vote was close and the election resolved (in favor of the Republicans) by a corrupt bargain:”

Thank you for acknowledging the radical Republican corrupt bargain. I thought it might take three or four posts to get that admission.

Next, I'll have you agreeing the Grant administration was corrupt.