Category Archives: Confiscation Act

A Bill To amend the confiscation act, and for other purposes. In order to secure to the loyal people of the United States ”indemnity for the past and security for the future,” and cause the rebels to pay part of the enormous expenses incurred and debts contracted in suppressing the rebellion, by a just condemnation and appropriation of all the property, real and personal, of the actors, instigators, and aiders of said rebellion, to the full extent authorized by the Constitution, 1863

Law Text: An Act to confiscate Property used for Insurrectionary Purposes, 1861

Law Text: An Act to suppress Insurrection, to punish Treason and Rebellion, to seize and confiscate the Property of Rebels, and for other Purposes, 1862

Journal article: On the Confiscation Act, 1861

News article: On the Confiscation Act, General Fremont, and Abraham Lincoln, 1861

News article: Proclamation by General Fremont on the Confiscation Act, 1861

News article: On the Confiscation Act and reconstruction, 1863

News article: Letters between General Fremont and Abraham Lincoln on the Confiscation Act, 1861