Article Title

Abraham Lincoln and Treason in the Civil War: The Trials of John Merryman

Authors

Helen J. Knowles

ISBN

978-0-8071-4214-1

Price

$49.95

Publisher

Louisiana State University Press

Abstract

Examining Lincoln’s Tactics

In 1850, the eccentric radical abolitionist G.W.F. (George Washington Frost) Mellen published “The Old ‘Habeas Corpus,’" a “new" fourteen-verse song he had set to the tune of Yankee Doodle. “Knowing that the peculiarity of the writ of Habeas Corpus is, that ....

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.14.1.06

Recommended Citation

Knowles, Helen J. (2012) "Abraham Lincoln and Treason in the Civil War: The Trials of John Merryman," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 14 : Iss. 1 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.14.1.06
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol14/iss1/28