Thanks, Mike, for all the suggestion. J - At 11:32 PM 05/26/2006, you wrote: >Joy, >This order that you quote may be response to Lincoln's late Sept. 1862 >Proclamation of suspension of the privilege of habeas corpus. >This proclamation provided for the arbitrary arrest of any person suspected >of actions disloyal to the government, providing aid and comfort to the >enemy. > Some reasons for this issue were to protect compulsory conscription from >violent backlash. The Army was the chief enforcer. Also, Lincoln and his >cabinet >were fairly sure that McClellen was harboring a disloyal cabal in the Army >of the Potomac, himself being the chief noisemaker. >A footnote quoting an order to "run the E.P. by the Army" I'm sorry I can't >produce in a jiffy. >I have it in my head from Stephen Ambrose "Halleck" or D.H. Donalds' >"Lincoln" (the best ever, I think). (Grant and Sherman didn't comment much >on >politics in their memoirs so I wouldn't go looking in there). Or maybe it >was one >of those long weekends of research on something years ago. Your >probably going >to have to slug it out the hard way to find it. >But I think its going to be the suspension of habeas corpus angle you want >to try first. >Mike Hearn. > > >==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] >and in the text area of the message, type only the word >unsubscribe