Practical Liberators: Union Officers in the Western Theater during the Civil War

by Kristopher A. Teters

Book Overview

During the first fifteen months of the Civil War, the policies and attitudes of Union officers toward emancipation in the western theater were, at best, inconsistent and fraught with internal strains. But after Congress passed the Second Confiscation Act in 1862, army policy became mostly consistent in its support of liberating the slaves in general, in spite of Union army officers' differences of opinion. By 1863 and the final Emancipation Proclamation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469668823
• ISBN13: 9781469668826
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"