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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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The Littlefield history of the Civil War era
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Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
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| Summary |
"Few issues created greater consensus among Civil War-era northerners than the belief that the secessionists had committed treason. But as William A. Blair shows in this engaging history, the way politicians, soldiers, and civilians dealt with disloyalty varied widely. Citizens often moved more swiftly than federal agents in punishing traitors in their midst, forcing the government to rethink legal practices and definitions. In reconciling the northern contempt for treachery with a demonstrable record of judicial leniency toward the South, Blair illuminates the other ways that northerners punished perceived traitors, including confiscating slaves, arresting newspaper editors for expressions of free speech, and limiting voting. Ultimately, punishment for treason extended well beyond wartime and into the framework of Reconstruction policies, including the construction of the Fourteenth Amendment. Establishing how treason was defined not just by the Lincoln administration, Congress, and the courts but also by the general public, Blair reveals the surprising implications for North and South alike."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1 Treason before the Civil War 13 -- 2 Treason Expressed or Implied 36 -- 3 A Three-Branch War, with an Atlantic-World Flavor 66 -- 4 Provost Marshal Confusion 100 -- 5 Domestic Is the Public: The Occupied South 128 -- 6 Military in Politics, 1861-1863 160 -- 7 Free Elections or a Free Fight 191 -- 8 Politics of Mercy after Appomattox 234 -- 9 Suffrage, Debt, and the Limits of Punishing the Rebels 268. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Collaborationists.
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Traitors -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Traitors. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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19th century |
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Treason -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Treason. |
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Blair, William Alan. With malice toward some 9781469614052 (DLC) 2013046758 (OCoLC)860943952 |
| ISBN |
9781469614069 (electronic book) |
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1469614065 (electronic book) |
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9781469615462 (electronic book) |
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1469615460 (electronic book) |
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9781469614052 |
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1469614057 |
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