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Lincoln and Citizens' Rights in Civil War Missouri: Balancing Freedom and Security

Lincoln and Citizens' Rights in Civil War Missouri: Balancing Freedom and Security

Boman, Dennis K.

Hardcover

Series: Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War

Civil War Period (1850-1877)General Law

ISBN10: 080713693X
ISBN13: 9780807136935
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: Jan 1 2011
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.41
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

During the Civil War, the state of 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 Confederacy. Many residents joined a Confederate state militia, became pro-Confederate guerrillas, or helped the cause of the South in some subversive manner. In order to subdue such disloyalty, Lincoln supported Missouri's provisional Unionist government by ordering troops into the state and approving an array of measures that ultimately infringed on the civil liberties of residents. In this thorough investigation of these policies, Dennis K. Boman reveals the difficulties that the president, military officials, and state authorities faced in trying to curb traitorous activity while upholding the spirit of the United States Constitution. Boman explains that despite Lincoln's desire to disentangle himself from Missouri policy matters, he was never able to do so.

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