Southern Claims Commission

A claims application from South Carolina in the collections of the National Archives and Records Administration

The Southern Claims Commission (SCC) was an organization of the executive branch of the United States government from 1871 to 1880, created under President Ulysses S. Grant. Its purpose was to allow Union sympathizers who had lived in the Southern states during the American Civil War, 1861–1865, to apply for reimbursements for property losses due to U.S. Army confiscations during the war.[1]

  1. ^ Lee, Susanna Michele. "Southern Claims Commission in Virginia, The". www.encyclopediavirginia.org. Archived from the original on 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2018-08-01.