The Civil War Confiscation Acts : failing to reconstruct the South /

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This is an account of two significant laws passed during the US Civil War, The Confiscation Acts (1861-62). It examines the political contexts, especially the debates in Congress, and how the failure of the Confiscation Acts during the war presaged the political and structural shortcomings of Recons...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Syrett, John, 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, ©2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Reconstructing America (Series) ; no. 10.
Subjects:
1861-1865
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Military > United States.
Confiscations.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Confiscations and contributions.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Confiscations et contributions.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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