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Maddox's double allegiance and a long war claim
The long disputed case of Joseph A Maddox who a century ago spied for the Union and traded with the Confederacy while operating under both governments. His 1865 tobacco haul and later legal fights show a life spent between Lincoln Grant and Davis with Congress repeatedly weighing his loyalty and services. The question remains was he a loyal Unionist, a Confederate ally, or a calculating trader leveraging two regimes for profit.
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Joseph A. Maddox
Congress
Laura BE
Maddox
Senate
House
Cleveland
Lincoln
Fessenden
Seward
Stanton
Charles A. Dona
Grant
Butler
Holt
Union
Davis
Randolph
Sedson
Confederacy
Army
Treasury
United States
Dixie
Georgetown
D. C
The
Potomac
St. Mary's County
New Orleana Crescent
Virginia
Bull Run
Richmond
Theorth
Fort Warren
McClellan
J. L. McPhail
Maryland
McPhail
Fredericksburg
Rephall
George H. Sharpe
Spiarsha
Army of the Potomac
Sharpe
Pamunkey
Jeff Davis
Hanson A Risley
Treasury Department
Risley
Abraham Lincoln
Secretary of the Treasury
H. J. Allen
Allan Pinkerton
Signal Corps
George W. Randolph
Washington
Keyes
Fortress Monroe
Pennsylvania
Winder
Federal
Jefferson Davis
Seddon
Leonardtown
Benjamin F. Butler
J. H. Maddox
War Department
Camp Hamilton
Dana
Secretary of War
Bacon
Singleton
Judge Hughes
Hughes
Tacoln
Alleghenies
Rappahannock
Hear