The Legal, Ethical, Moral Questions Behind the Union Confiscation Measures of the Civil War.

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The Legal, Ethical, Moral Questions Behind the Union Confiscation Measures of the Civil War

Who? – Union General Winfeild Scott (Commander in Chief of Union Forces) General J. F. K. Mansfeild (Commander of the Department of Washington) Union forces – Lee Family Robert E. Lee Mary Ann Randolph Custis Lee (Mrs. Robert E. Lee, only daughter of George Washington Parke Custis) George Washington Parke Custis (Father of Mrs. Lee, Grandson of Martha Washington and adopted son on George Washington) What? – Union forces take possession of Arlington Heights on May 24 th 1861 and fortify the property and surrounding area Why? – Ideal location for fortification - Allowing Confederate army to retain control of the land overlooking the capital of Washington would have been incredibly detrimental to Union forces and may even have resulted in the subsequent relocation of the seat of the Union government.

Legal – Confiscation Acts barely passed in the United States Congress Even Lincoln considered them to be Unconstitutional Not well defined and only enforceable in the north – An Act for the Collection of Direct Taxes in the Insurrectionary Districts within the United States Allowed tax collectors to refuse payment from anyone other than home owner  taking advantage of war widows and their families Ethical/Moral – Property legally owned by the Lee Family – Extreme sentiment attached to the property Built by Mary Lee’s father in honor of her great great grandfather, Georgw Washington Robert E. Lee Married Mary Custis there Together they raised 7 children under the roof of the Arlington House – A rich family member provided the money to pay the taxes on the estate, but the Union Government would not accept the funds – Robert E. Lee and Mrs. Lee not given the right to be buried at their ancestral home along side Mary’s’ Family

The Union government seized the 1,100 acres of the Arlington Heights on May 24 th 1861 with the intention of retaining that property and real estate, thereby violating not only the Lee family’s right to due process of the law but also the retainer clause of the United States Constitution.