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Showing posts with label Confiscation Act. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Confiscation Act. Show all posts
Friday, October 29, 2021

Stephen Duncan to Mrs. Mary Duncan, August 25, 1863

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Natchez. August 25 th 1863 My Dear Mary I trouble you with a line on the subject of our affairs, hoping that you may be able to communicate...
Saturday, August 20, 2016

William Cullen Bryant to Dr. Dewey, August 17, 1862

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August 17, 1862   . . . I must answer your letter a little. Neither you nor I understand war nor medicine ; but of medicine we know eno...
Friday, October 2, 2015

Diary of Sarah Morgan: August 17, 1862

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Another Sunday. Strange that the time, which should seem so endless, flies so rapidly! Miriam complains that Sunday comes every day; but th...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

John M. Forbes to Congressman Charles B. Sedgwick, June 2, 1862

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June 2,1862. My Dear Mr. Sedgwick , — I see I forgot the 21stly, as the old parsons used to say, of my sermon; my amen to your emancipa...
Saturday, May 2, 2015

Proclamation of Jefferson Davis: General Orders No. 111, December 23, 1862

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GENERAL ORDERS No. 111. ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Richmond, December 24 , 1862 . I. The following proclamation of the...
Monday, April 27, 2015

The Confiscation Act of 1862: July 17, 1862

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AN ACT to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes. ...

The Confiscation Act of 1861: August 6, 1861

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An Act to confiscate Property used for Insurrectionary Purposes. Be it enacted . . . , That if, during the present or any future insurr...
Sunday, April 5, 2015

Abraham Lincoln’s First Annual Message to Congress: December 3, 1861

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Fellow citizens Of The Senate And House Of Representatives: In the midst of unprecedented political troubles, we have cause of great gra...