Few issues created greater consensus among Civil War-era northerners than the belief that the secessionists had committed treason.
In reconciling the northern contempt for treachery With a demonstrabl.
Citizens often moved more swiftly than federal agents in punishing traitors in their midst, forcing the government to rethink legal practices and definitions.
Blair shows in this engaging history, the way politicians, soldiers, and civilians dealt With disLoyalty varied widely.
But as William A.
Few issues created greater consensus among Civil War-era northerners than the belief that the secessionists had committed treason