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Showing posts with label Confiscation Act. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Confiscation Act. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Diary of Musician David Lane, August 20, 1863

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Camp Parks, Ky. I received a letter from a friend in Michigan last evening, saying: "If you were in Michigan, or could see the situatio...
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...