- Confiscation Acts
- The acts of Congress of August 6, 1861, and July 17, 1862, providing for the seizure and sale of property used to abet the Confederate cause. 56 Am J1st War § 78.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Confiscation Acts
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