The Last Battle of the Civil War : United States versus Lee, 1861-1883 /

Seventeen years after Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, the Supreme Court was the scene of one final, dramatic confrontation between the Lee family and the United States government. In The Last Battle of the Civil War, Anthony J. Gaughan recounts the fascinating saga of United States v....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gaughan, Anthony J., 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge, La. : Louisiana State University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lee, George Washington Custis, > 1832-1913.
Lee, George Washington Custis, > 1832-1913 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.)
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) > History.
Tax-sales.
Possessory actions.
LAW > Taxation.
Vente pour non-paiement des impôts > Virginie > Arlington > Histoire.
Vente pour non-paiement des impôts > États-Unis > Histoire.
Actions possessoires > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire.
Tax-sales > Virginia > Arlington > History.
Tax-sales > United States > History.
Possessory actions > Washington (D.C.) > History.
Washington (D.C.)
Virginia > Arlington.
United States.
United States > Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials, litigation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : creatures of the law
  • A party in interest
  • A shocking and abhorrent proposition
  • The privilege of paying by the hands of another
  • Ready again to meet the traitorous foe
  • The natural feebleness of the judiciary
  • A reproach to american jurisprudence
  • We are all union men now
  • No man is above the law
  • The passions of the war in a tribunal of justice.

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