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Changes in law and society during the Civil War and Reconstruction a legal history documentary reader /

Table of Contents: “…The status of African Americans before the Civil War -- The expansion of governmental power and the nationalization of the Union -- African Americans, emancipation, and military service -- Rights during the Civil War and Reconstruction : potential, change, and opposition -- Judicial interpretation and limitation of the Civil War amendments and civil rights legislation.…”
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Fear was not in him the Civil War letters of Major General Francis C. Barlow, U.S.A. / by Barlow, Francis C. (Francis Channing), 1834-1896

“…North's Civil War.…”
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Becoming American under fire Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era / by Samito, Christian G.

Table of Contents: “…The crisis of citizenship in the 1850s -- The question of armed service -- African Americans in arms -- Equal rights and the experience of military justice for African American soldiers -- Irish Americans in arms -- African Americans and the call for rights -- The affirmation of naturalized citizenship in America -- The affirmation of naturalized citizenship abroad -- Epilogue: the legacy of national citizenship in the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction.…”
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