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    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...
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  • Senate 24–11. The act was signed into law by President Lincoln on August 6, 1861. The Confiscation Act of 1862 was passed on July 17, 1862. It stated that...
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    penalty for insurrection, which was instead introduced by the Confiscation Act of 1862. The 1807 Act has been modified twice. In 1861, a new section was added...
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    Slave Act. Union Army forces sometimes returned fugitives from slavery to enslavers until March 1862, when Congress enacted the Confiscation Act of 1862, Section...
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    1862 Congress passed an act banning slavery on all federal territory, which Lincoln signed. In July, the Confiscation Act of 1862 was enacted, providing...
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    commander of local Confederate forces on June 1, he launched a series of offensives against the Army of the Potomac, which, by late June 1862, was just...
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    related to this article: Militia Act of 1862 The Militia Act of 1862 (12 Stat. 597, enacted July 17, 1862) was an Act of the 37th United States Congress...
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    announced that Archer Alexander had been liberated by the Confiscation Act of 1862 because of his service to the U.S. military and Pitman's disloyalty...
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    repeal, there remained a federal statute initially contained in the Confiscation Act of 1862 which made insurrection a federal crime, and disqualified insurrectionists...
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    The Confiscation Act of 1861 was an act of Congress during the early months of the American Civil War permitting military confiscation and subsequent court...
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