U.S. Seizure and Confiscation Book for Alexandria, Virginia

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U.S. Seizure and Confiscation Book for Alexandria, Virginia

MS207-01-001

Identifier: MS207-01-001

Title: U.S. Seizure and Confiscation Book for Alexandria, Virginia

Creator: Chandler, Lucius Henry, 1812-1876

Date created: 1863-07/1864-09

Description: This collection contains a ledger listing land in Alexandria and surrounding counties (Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William) confiscated by the U.S. from Alexandria citizens. Following the Confiscation Acts of 1861 and 1862, U.S. Marshalls James Close and John Underwood conducted land seizures and confiscations of the citizens of Alexandria, Virginia at the behest of U.S. District Attorney Lucius Chandler

Type: Text

Format: Documents

Format: Registers

Extent: 1 volume

Language: eng

Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Confiscations and contributions

Subject: Alexandria (Va.) -- History

Subject: Forfeiture

Place: Alexandria (Va.)

Time period covered: 1860s

Collection: U.S. Seizure and Confiscation Book (MS207)

Repository: Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria Library