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Legal cases of the Civil War
- Title
- Legal cases of the Civil War / Robert Bruce Murray.
- Author
- Murray, Robert Bruce, 1927-
- Publication
- Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, ©2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | KF7221 .M87 2003 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries) MsSM
- Description
- xii, 324 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The Civil War was fought not only on land and at sea, but also in the courts of law of the nation. From all walks of life, men and women, blacks and whites, private citizens and corporate entities aired their grievances against one another in court, adding to the tension that already gripped the nation. Author Robert Bruce Murray examines a number of these judicial altercations heard by the Supreme Court of the United States from 1861 to 1865, reflecting the concerns of the average citizen and the enlisted man alike."--Publisher's description.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 315) and index.
- Contents
- Defining the conflict -- Running the blockade -- Sea engagements -- Political radicalism -- Combating insurrection -- Prisoner retaliation -- Financing the war : legal tender cases -- Financing the war : taxation cases -- Financing the war : bond cases -- Confederate currency -- Procurement problems -- Captured property -- Property disputes -- Business battles -- Amnesty, pardons, and oaths -- The Wild West.
- ISBN
- 0811700593
- 9780811700597
- LCCN
- 2002156350
- OCLC
- ocm51305706
- SCSB-14115345
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library