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020 |z 9780807142141 (cloth : alk. paper)  |z 9780807143469 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
040 |a CaPaEBR  |z 9780807142158 (e-book) 
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100 1 |a White, Jonathan W.,  |d 1979- 
245 1 0 |a Abraham Lincoln and treason in the Civil War  |b the trials of John Merryman /  |c Jonathan W. White. 
260 |a Baton Rouge :  |b Louisiana State University Press,  |c c2011. 
300 |a xiii, 191 p. :  |b ill., ports. 
490 1 |a Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a "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". 
600 1 0 |a Merryman, John,  |d 1824-1881 
600 1 0 |a Lincoln, Abraham,  |d 1809-1865  |x Views on civil rights. 
650 0 |a Habeas corpus  |x History  |y 19th century.  |z United States 
650 0 |a Treason  |x History  |y 19th century.  |z United States 
650 0 |a Traitors  |x History  |y 19th century.  |z United States 
650 0 |a Civil rights  |x History  |y 19th century.  |z United States 
651 0 |a United States  |x History  |y Civil War, 1861-1865  |x Collaborationists. 
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