Lincoln and Citizens' Rights in Civil War Missouri : Balancing Freedom and Security /
During the Civil War, Missouri presented President Abraham Lincoln, United States military commanders, and state officials with an array of complex and difficult problems. Although Missouri did not secede, a large minority of residents owned slaves, sympathized with secession, or favored the Confede...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
2011.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The secession crisis and Missouri
- The command of John C. Fremont
- General Henry W. Halleck and the law of war
- Military government and civil liberties
- The struggle for Missouri and martial law
- Civil liberties under General Samuel R. Curtis
- Radical policies and the removal of General Samuel R. Curtis
- Emancipation and civil liberties
- Lincoln's showdown with the radicals
- General William S. Rosecrans and Price's raid
- Lincoln and the return to civilian rule in Missouri.