Justice in blue and gray : a legal history of the Civil War /
Stephen C. Neff.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
- 350 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Breaking a nation -- Desperate measures -- Fighting by the rules -- Occupying territory and seizing property -- The end of a peculiar institution -- Taking liberties on the home front -- The world watches -- The art of blockade -- Ending a rebellion -- Forgiving but not forgetting.
9780674036024 (alk. paper)
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War and emergency powers--History.--United States Secession--History.--United States Military law--History.--United States Slavery--Law and legislation--History.--United States Amnesty--History.--United States War (International law)--History.
United States--History--Claims.--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.