So, That's Civil War Confederate Impressment

From the Encyclopedia Virginia, Impressment During the Civil War, Confederate.

I have to admit that before today, I'd never heard the term impressment used for an event during the Civil War/  Some more research was needed.Of course, I knew about British impressment of American seamen as a cause of the War of 1812, so figured impressment had something to do with forcibly taking something without permission.

"Impressment was the informal and then, beginning in March 1863, the legislated policy of the Confederate government to seize food, fuel, slaves, and other commodities to support the armies in the field during the American Civil War (1861-1865).

"The tax-in-kind law, passed a month later, allowed the government to impress crops from farmers at a negotiated price.

Combined with inflationary prices and plummeting morale following military defeats, impressment sparked vocal protest across the South.  Discontent was exacerbated by what was perceived as the government's haphazard enforcement of the law, its setting of below-market prices, and its abuse of labor."

--Old Secesh

Second Saturday, NC-Style: Homefront and Impressment-- Part 1

From the June 12th Beach Carolina Magazine :2nd Saturdays Events Across North Carolina June 14th" by Michael "Beach Mick" Hudson.

Every summer, the state historic sites and museums across the state offer family activities and fun across the state.

CSS NEUSE, KINSTON:  "The Homefront During the Civil War.  Learn about shortages and substitutes, homeguards, soldier relief societies and manufacture of clothing and goods during the Civil  War.

Demonstrations will include spinning, weaving and sewing.  There will be displays of care packages, impressment records and artifacts.  (Not sure what impressment records are.  Perhaps draft?  I know impressment during the War of 1812 was when the British Navy took Americabs off commerecial ships and made them British sailors.)

Free

--Old Secesh