The Civil War Confiscation Acts

Syrett, John, 1942-

The Civil War Confiscation Acts failing to reconstruct the South / [electronic resource] : John Syrett. - 1st ed. - New York : Fordham University Press, c2005. - xiii, 282 p. - Reconstructing America, no. 10 1523-4606 ; . - Reconstructing America (Series) ; no. 10. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The First Confiscation Act -- The Second Confiscation Act: the act and its opponents -- The second act : divided Republican support and flawed result -- Enforcement of the second act : Lincoln and bates -- Early military confiscation -- Rules of war and later military confiscation -- The Treasury's part in confiscation -- The politics of confiscation -- Andrew Johnson and the end of confiscation -- Confiscation and the courts : jurisdiction and procedures -- Confiscation and the courts : constitutionality and duration.


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United States--History--Confiscations and contributions.--Civil War, 1861-1865


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