Don't Shoot That Boy! Abraham Lincoln and Military Justice
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*10 b/w photos
* 6 x 9
* Based upon hundreds of never-before-seen Lincoln documents
* Shatters numerous myths about Lincoln's role in the court martial process
In this groundbreaking study based on almost 600 documents in Lincoln's own hand, the authors tell each story, each life-or-death decision, and the factors that tipped the balance one way or the other. In the midst of America's deadliest war, hundreds of men's lives hung on the decisions of President Lincoln. Lincoln balanced sternness and compassion while deciding the fate of men sentenced to be hanged or shot for crimes including desertion, spying, sabotage, murder, and rape.
Thomas Lowry, M.D. has written several books, including The Stories the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell: Sex in the Civil War, Tarnished Eagles, and Attack on Taranto, Blueprint for Pearl Harbor.
Don't Shoot That Boy! Abraham Lincoln and Military Justice,Thomas P. Lowry,Da Capo Press,1882810384,Civil War, 1861-1865,Courts-martial and courts of inquiry,History,History - General History,History: American,Military,Military And Naval Law,Trials (Military offenses),U.S. History - Civil War And Reconstruction (1860-1877),United States,United States - Civil War
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