02386cam a2200313 4500 245460992 TxAuBib 20150421120000.0 140114s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013046758 9781469614052 hardback 1469614057 hardback DLC eng DLC DLC TxAuBib Blair, William Alan. With malice toward some [Book] : treason and loyalty in the Civil War era / William A. Blair. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014] 419 p. ; 25 cm. Littlefield history of the Civil War era, The Presented by Father Al Sherbo. Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-397) and index. "Few issues created greater consensus among Civil War-era northerners than the belief that the secessionists had committed treason. But as William A. Blair shows in this engaging history, the way politicians, soldiers, and civilians dealt with disloyalty varied widely. Citizens often moved more swiftly than federal agents in punishing traitors in their midst, forcing the government to rethink legal practices and definitions. In reconciling the northern contempt for treachery with a demonstrable record of judicial leniency toward the South, Blair illuminates the other ways that northerners punished perceived traitors, including confiscating slaves, arresting newspaper editors for expressions of free speech, and limiting voting. Ultimately, punishment for treason extended well beyond wartime and into the framework of Reconstruction policies, including the construction of the Fourteenth Amendment. Establishing how treason was defined not just by the Lincoln administration, Congress, and the courts but also by the general public, Blair reveals the surprising implications for North and South alike. "-- Provided by publisher. 20150421. United States Army History. Traitors United States History 19th century. Treason United States History 19th century. Civil War. The Littlefield history of the Civil War era. http://www.netread.com/jcusers/1116/2847336/image/lgcover.9781469614052.jpg Cover image