This Is A New Release Of The Original 1883 Edition. In The Northern And Border States On Account Of Their Political Opinions During The Late Civil War V1.

1883. Part One of Two. Illustrated with the finest steel engravings by John A. O'Neill, New York. This work contains an authentic account of the arrest, imprisonment and terrible sufferings of American Citizens incarcerated as prisoners of state; together with the orders for arrest, suspending the writ of habeas corpus, prohibiting the employment of counsel, etc.; the horrors of prison life in Forts Lafayette, Warren, McHenry, Delaware, Mifflin, Old Capitol Prison, Penitentiaries and Military Camps, and their condition, are truthfully delineated. The book contains a translated copy of the Magna Charta, with its Seal; the Constitution of the United States, with the recent Amendments; History and Incidents of the Old Capitol Prison; together with narratives of about seventy citizens, from all of the Northern States except New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Wisconsin, including in the number Foreign Ministers, United States Senators, Members of Congress, Members of State Legislatures, Judges, Lawyers, Ministers, Doctors, Farmers, Editors, Merchants, Ladies and indeed all the walks of life are represented. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Other volumes in this set are ISBN(s): 1417930780.

1883. Part One of Two. Illustrated with the finest steel engravings by John A. O'Neill, New York. This work contains an authentic account of the arrest, imprisonment and terrible sufferings of American Citizens incarcerated as prisoners of state; together with the orders for arrest, suspending the writ of habeas corpus, prohibiting the employment of counsel, etc.; the horrors of prison life in Forts Lafayette, Warren, McHenry, Delaware, Mifflin, Old Capitol Prison, Penitentiaries and Military Camps, and their condition, are truthfully delineated. The book contains a translated copy of the Magna Charta, with its Seal; the Constitution of the United States, with the recent Amendments; History and Incidents of the Old Capitol Prison; together with narratives of about seventy citizens, from all of the Northern States except New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Wisconsin, including in the number Foreign Ministers, United States Senators, Members of Congress, Members of State Legislatures, Judges, Lawyers, Ministers, Doctors, Farmers, Editors, Merchants, Ladies and indeed all the walks of life are represented. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Other volumes in this set are ISBN(s): 1417930780.

Published in 1869, American Bastile remains the most complete account of arbitrary arrests made by the Lincoln administration during the Civil War. One hundred cases of political prinsoners are described in detail. Anyone speaking against the government or against the war or resisting the draft was liable to military arrest with transport to state prisons far from home. People disappeared. They were held without trial and without being charged with any crime. These practices were unknown to Americans even under the English kings. It was not thought possible that authorities could issue such orders or that anyone would carry them out. American Bastile raises all the questions of state power and individual liberty. What are the foundations of popular government. What are the limits of executive authority in time of war. What are the privileges and immunities of the American citizen.

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