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John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter IV (search)
military authority of all property of rebels and rebel sympathizers—that is to say, of all persons not of the radical party, for in their partizan heat they disdained to make any distinction between conservatives, copperheads, and rebels. So powerful and persistent was the radical influence that even so able a lawyer as Edwin M. Stanton, then Secretary of War, was constrained to send an order to the commander of the District of Missouri, directing him to execute the act of Congress of July 17, 1862, relative to confiscation of property of persons engaged in the rebellion, although the law provided for its execution in the usual way by the judicial department of the government, and gave no shadow of authority for military action. It is only necessary here to remark that the order was not, as it could not be lawfully, obeyed. Action under it was limited to the securing of property subject to confiscation, and liable to be removed or otherwise disposed of, and the collection of ev
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
lity of their cause, 261; overawing the, 311 et seq.; final surrenders, 344; strong policy at outbreak of the war, 513, 516 Confidential communications, 238 Confiscation, question of, in Missouri, 56;-58, 73, 92; authorized by Congress, July 17, 1862, 57; instructions to S. concerning, 92 Connasauga River, military operations on the, 126, 129 Conservatives, in Missouri, 57 Constitution of the United States. See U. S. Constitution. Contemporaneous military history, the logic ofaff of the commander-in-chief, 536-540; the ranks of general and lieutenant-general, 538. See also War Department. United States Congress, authorizes formation of special militia in Missouri, 55; authorizes confiscation of rebel property, July 17, 1862, 57; reconstruction under, 354, 355, 395 et seq.; legislates concerning the holding of civil office by army officers, 405; confers on Grant command of all the armies, 408,409; necessity of its guarding against Johnson's lawless acts, 416; pow