Reconstuction The reconstruction period was a time of recovery for the country as a whole. To heal the deep wounds of the civil war. The loss of cities, towns, homes, and family members. Whole cities were burned level, and widows were left scattered all over the country with a small pile of smoking rubble left as their houses. The whole country was a shambles and everyone agreed on one thing - it was time to start the healing and recovery of a nation. But the reconstruction period wasn’t just about healing. It was a new beginning. For the north, for the south, for everyone a new start. Yet, it was the most important new start to the former sl