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Hamilton, Daniel W.

The limits of sovereignty property confiscation in the Union and the Confederacy during the Civil War / [electronic resource] : Daniel W. Hamilton. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. - 231 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-215) and index.

Legislative property confiscation before the Civil War -- Radical property confiscation in the Thirty-seventh Congress -- The conservative assault on confiscation -- The moderate coup -- The Confederate Sequestration Act -- The ordeal of sequestration -- Civil War confiscation in the reconstruction supreme court -- The limits of sovereignty.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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Nat. Bib. No.: GBA678114 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Enemy property--History--United States--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--Law and legislation.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Confiscations and contributions.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Claims.--Civil War, 1861-1865

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: KF7221 / .H36 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 973.7/1