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What They Fought For - 1861-1865
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But soldiers from other states were not far behind—especially states that experienced northern occupation and confiscation of property.†
p. 21.9 *
In July, 1862, Congress passed the second confiscation act and Lincoln made his momentous decision to issue an emancipation proclamation.†
p. 60.3
"That bill to confiscate the rebel property is just what we want," wrote a Rhode Island sergeant.†
p. 60.4
The colonel of the 5th Minnesota wrote from northern Alabama in September, 1862, that "I am doing quite a business in the confiscation of slave property....It certainly makes the rebels wince to see their 'niggers' taken off which is a source of private satisfaction to me....Crippling the institution of slavery is ...striking a blow at the heart of the rebellion."†
p. 60.6
An antebellum Douglas Democrat from Illinois wrote his wife in 1863 that his regiment had confiscated horses and liberated hundreds of slaves in middle Tennessee.†
p. 66.9

Definitions:

(1) (confiscate)
to take something regardless of consent -- often as a punishment or by authority
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)