The Civil War Confiscation Acts [electronic resource] : failing to reconstruct the South / John Syrett.
Material type: TextSeries: Reconstructing America (Series) ; no. 10.Publication details: New York : Fordham University Press, c2005Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 282 pSubject(s): United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Confiscations and contributionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973.7/14 LOC classification: E480 | .S98 2005Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes 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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