Civil War Suits in the U.S. Court of Claims
Subtitle: Cases Involving Compensation to Northerners and Southerners
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: May 17, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780786424306
Subjects: Military - General; United States - Reconstruction Period (1865-1877); Law; History; History - U.S.; United States - Civil War; United States; Legal History; Claims; Civil Law; Civil War, 1861-1865
Description: "Arranged alphabetically by claimant surname, entries present the particulars of the cases heard by the U.S. Court of Claims after the war. A concise overview regarding legal aspects of the war is provided. Claims include disputed contracts; pay disputes; compensation for use of property or property lost; and quartermaster or paymaster money stolen, captured or lost"--Provided by publisher.