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The Civil War Confiscation Acts [electronic resource] : failing to reconstruct the South / John Syrett.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Reconstructing America (Series) ; no. 10.Publication details: New York : Fordham University Press, c2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 282 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 973.7/14 22
LOC classification:
  • E480 .S98 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
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.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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