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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HawkeEye, post: 2932140, member: 86305&quot;]Actually I think it ended with the 1876 election and with the &quot;Compromise of 1877&quot; for the Hayes election. <a href="http://www.1881o.com/politics.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.1881o.com/politics.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.1881o.com/politics.html</a>&nbsp; But removal of all Federal troops took a little while.&nbsp; Reopening the Mint in NO was controversial because of the association with the CSA and cost of repairs.&nbsp; It reopened for limited use first, and then went into more normal coining operations in 1879.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But post-war hard feelings toward the Federal Government in the South were still high, and resistance to doing anything that would help the South was still high in Washington.&nbsp; Wars take time to heal and perhaps the reopening of the Mint was a good thing to start the healing process.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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