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- With Malice toward Some: Treason and Loyalty in the Civil War Era
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
- Series: Littlefield History of the Civil War Era
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.
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.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 1-12
- 1. Treason before the Civil War
- pp. 13-35
- 2. Treason Expressed or Implied
- pp. 36-65
- 4. The Provost Marshal Confusion
- pp. 100-127
- 6. The Military in Politics, 1861–1863
- pp. 160-190
- 7. Free Elections or a Free Fight
- pp. 191-233
- 8. The Politics of Mercy after Appomattox
- pp. 234-267
- Appendix A: Courts-Martial for Treason
- pp. 311-315
- Appendix B: Courts-Martial for Disloyalty
- pp. 316-319
- Works Cited
- pp. 377-398
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 399-400
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469615462
Related ISBN(s)
9781469614052, 9781469614069, 9781469652092, 9798890870285
MARC Record
OCLC
879204083
Pages
432
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No