Legal document detailing the confiscation of silver from Edwin Warren Moise in New Orleans, Louisiana, on June 6, 1865. The report may be related to the General Butler Scandal.
Subject: Confiscations
This one-page congressional record document from April 5, 1882, details a claim filed by Isaac A. Meyer for clothing and furniture allegedly confiscated by U.S. forces in Memphis, Tennessee, in March 1863. Meyer was accused of aiding deserters; however, due to the time elapsed, Congress determined there was insufficient evidence to grant the claim.