...dismissal of incompetents. Congress proceeded to exert its will over the southern nation. They passed an act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of the rebels, and for other purposes; an act to collect direct taxes in insurrectionary...

...act was $13.00 per month, and an allowance in clothing of $3.50 per month, and one ration each. "The act entitled, 'An act to suppress insurrection, to...punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purpose,' approved July 17, 1862, provides that whoever shall...

...in insurrection are forfeited.] APPROVED, August 6, 1861. lib. Confiscation Act of 1862 CHAP. CXCV. An Act to suppress Insurrection, to punish Treason and Rebellion, to seize and confiscate the Property of Rebels, and for other Purposes. levied and collected on any or all of the property,...

...pursuance of the sixth section of the act of congress entitled 'An act to suppress insurrection and to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate...other purposes' Approved July 17. 1862, and which act, and the Joint Resolution explanatory thereof, are herewith published, I, Abraham Lincoln, President...

...anti-slavery laws passed was the New Confiscation Act, which was approved July 17, 1862. 12 It was a bill "to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes." under control of the United States, and slaves of...

...article shall be dismissed from the service. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. Also to the...of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 1 7, 1 862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: SEC. 9. And be it further enacted,...

...pursuance of the sixth section of the act of congress entitled "An act to suppress insurrection and to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate...other purposes" Approved July 17, 1862, and which act, and the Joint Resolution explanatory thereof, are herewith published, I, Abraham Lincoln, President...

...into effect. APPROVED, July 17, 1862. The Joint Resolution [No. 63.] joint Resolution explanatory of "An Act to suppress Insurrection, to punish Treason and Rebellion, to seize and confiscate the Property of Rebels, and for other Purposes. US Statutes at Large 12:627. Resolved by the Senate...

...vs. William Millward, et al., Eastern District of Pennsylvania Supreme Court, February 3-5, 1863. 6. An Act to suppress Insurrection, to punish Treason and Rebellion, to seize and confiscate the Property of Rebels, and for other Purposes, July 17, 1862, US, Statutes at Large, Treaties, and...

...free": EBL to SPL, April 19, 1862, in Wartime Washington, ed. Laas, p. 130. 460 a new confiscation bill: "An Act to suppress Insurrection, to punish Treason and Rebellion, to seize and confiscate the Property of Rebels, and for other Purposes," July 17, 1862, in Statutes at Large, Treaties, and...