The Confederacy on Trial: The Piracy and Sequestration Cases of 1861 (Landmark Law Cases & American Society)

by Mark A . Weitz (Author)

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  Paperback
  2005

  $31.35

  In the annals of Civil War history, one dispute remains unsettled: was the United States waging war against another nation or putting down an internal rebellion? In 1861 three legal battles put this question to the test. As Mark Weitz reveals, these proceedings were instrumental in debating and ultimately shaping the Confederacy's very identity..