Claiming the Union : citizenship in the post-Civil War South / Susanna Michele Lee, North Carolina State University.

Author/Creator:

Lee, Susanna Michele, 1975- author.

Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Series:

Cambridge studies on the American South
Cambridge studies on the American South

Format/Description:

Book
xv, 252 pages ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Claims.
Confiscations -- Confederate States of America.
United States. Commissioners of Claims.
Unionists (United States Civil War) -- Reparations -- Southern States.
African Americans -- Reparations -- Southern States.
Women -- Reparations -- Southern States.
Citizenship -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Compensation (Law) -- United States.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Confiscations and contributions.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Contents:

"We have fought the first skirmish": loyalty and citizenship
Men's Union: fixing the standard of a Union man
Women's Union: reckoning with the female Union man
Former slaves' Union: bestowing charity or rewarding loyalty
The colored Union: being all things to all men.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107015326 (hardback : alk. paper)
1107015324 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

858975425

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