This Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs lesson activity focuses on the First Confiscation Act of 1861. The Act allowed for the…
This short article from the U.S. Senate website details the 1961 and 1962 Confiscation Acts that allowed the U.S. government to…
This 2007 comprehensive article by the National Trust for Historic Preservation offers a perspective on the escape, and subsequent…
Note: This historical letter is a part of Union General David Hunter’s military report to the United States War Department…