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Abraham Lincoln and treason in the Civil War : the trials of John Merryman
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Abraham Lincoln and treason in the Civil War : the trials of John Merryman / Jonathan W. White.
ISBN
9780807142141 (cloth : alk. paper)
080714214X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807142158 (pdf)
0807142158 (pdf)
9780807142165 (epub)
0807142166 (epub)
9780807142172 (mobi)
0807142174 (mobi)
9780807143469 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807143464 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2011.
Physical Description
xiii, 191 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 01, 2011
Series
Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"Baltimore is to be the battlefield of the southern revolution": the Baltimore riot and the formation of Lincoln's habeas corpus policy
"A collision of civil and military authority": the arrest and incarceration of John Merryman
"Prosecute your best cases not the weak and doubtful": the difficulty of punishing disloyalty in the loyal states
"Necessity is the tyrant's plea": the Habeas Corpus Act, part I: congressional reaction to military arrests and tribunals
"The government must in some way sustain you in your official acts": the Habeas Corpus Act, part II: the failure of congress to protect those waging war
Epilogue: "Habeas Corpus John".
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