held by the Confederate forces in the South. The Confiscation Act of 1861 authorized the confiscation of any Confederate property by Union forces ("property"... 10 KB (1,348 words) - 16:09, 7 December 2023 |
The Confiscation Act of 1862, or Second Confiscation Act, was a law passed by the United States Congress during the American Civil War. Section 9 of the... 9 KB (652 words) - 01:12, 14 February 2024 |
Confiscation (from the Latin confiscatio "to consign to the fiscus, i.e. transfer to the treasury") is a legal form of seizure by a government or other... 6 KB (794 words) - 09:31, 25 December 2023 |
Treaty of 1842 Compromise of 1850 Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 Act in Relation to Service (1851) Confiscation Act of 1861 Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves... 5 KB (489 words) - 12:43, 13 May 2023 |
Ulysses S. Grant (redirect from 18th President of the United States of America) army in 1854 and returned to civilian life impoverished. In 1861, shortly after the onset of the Civil War, Grant joined the Union Army and rose to prominence... 202 KB (24,633 words) - 05:20, 18 April 2024 |
Edwin Stanton (redirect from Secretary of War Stanton) Brooks D. Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 1861–1868 (1991) Skelton, William B. "Stanton, Edwin McMasters";... 112 KB (15,078 words) - 22:06, 16 March 2024 |
Abraham Lincoln (redirect from 16th President of the United States of America) abolishing slavery. On August 6, 1861, Lincoln signed the Confiscation Act, which authorized judicial proceedings to confiscate and free slaves who were used... 202 KB (22,573 words) - 10:27, 17 April 2024 |
Emancipation Proclamation (redirect from Emancipation Proclamation of 1863) suppressing said rebellion". Lincoln also cited the Confiscation Act of 1861 and Confiscation Act of 1862, passed by Congress, as sources for his authority... 120 KB (13,550 words) - 13:05, 9 April 2024 |