TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sinisi,Kyle
TI  - Sacred Debts: State Civil War Claims and American Federalism 
T2  - The North's Civil War
SN  - 9780823222599
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Fordham University Press, 
KW  - HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. Origins of the Civil War Claims System --; 2. Missouri’s Precedents and Lobbyists --; 3. Memory and Claims in Kentucky --; 4. Kansas and Intergovernmental Operations in the Newly Created State --; 5. Conclusion --; Appendix --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - In this innovative book, Kyle Sinisi explores a little-known chapter in the history of American politics—the struggle between states and the federal government over the costs of fighting the Civil War. At stake was the disposition of some 8 million. Focusing on Kansas, Kentucky, and Missouri, Sinisi explores the process by which states were reimbursed by Washington in the most expensive intergovernmental contact of the 19th century. Recasting our understanding of governance, he shows that traditional sources of influence—courts and political parties—were less important in settling claims than adjutants general and private agents who fought for cash bonanzas. These power brokers helped shape the federal bureaucracy—and the process of state building
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823292516
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780823292516
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780823292516/original
ER  -