The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1789-1878Describes the essential elements of the incidents from the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794 to the Reconstruction that followed the Civil War and the ways in which federal military force was applied in each case. Includes: the Fries Rebellion, the Burr Conspiracy, Slave Rebellions, the Nullification Crisis, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Riots, the 3Buckshot War2, the Patriot War, the Dorr Rebellion, the Army as Posse Comitatus, San Francisco Vigilantes, the Utah Expedition, the Civil War, etc. Extensive bibliography. Index. Full-color and b&w photos and maps. |
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... Emory James B. Longstreet George H. Williams Irwin McDowell J. B. Stockton ... Regis de Trobriand Alphonso B. Taft Christopher C. Augur Rutherford B. Hayes 309 316 318 321 323 324 331 335 336 339 THE ROLE OF FEDERAL MILITARY FORCES IN ...
... Emory James B. Longstreet George H. Williams Irwin McDowell J. B. Stockton ... Regis de Trobriand Alphonso B. Taft Christopher C. Augur Rutherford B. Hayes 309 316 318 321 323 324 331 335 336 339 THE ROLE OF FEDERAL MILITARY FORCES IN ...
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... this sort in Georgetown , S.C .; Lancaster , Ky .; Humboldt and Trenton , Tenn .; Edgefield , S.C .; and Sumter County , Ala . WILLIAM H. EMORY in accordance with the Supreme Court deci- TO THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION : 1872-1877 315.
... this sort in Georgetown , S.C .; Lancaster , Ky .; Humboldt and Trenton , Tenn .; Edgefield , S.C .; and Sumter County , Ala . WILLIAM H. EMORY in accordance with the Supreme Court deci- TO THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION : 1872-1877 315.
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... Emory . Shortly after assuming the com- mand , Emory asked his superior , Maj . Gen. Henry W. Halleck , commanding the Divi- sion of the South , for some guidance in case political disputes in his command became violent . " You will use ...
... Emory . Shortly after assuming the com- mand , Emory asked his superior , Maj . Gen. Henry W. Halleck , commanding the Divi- sion of the South , for some guidance in case political disputes in his command became violent . " You will use ...
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... Emory , very much aware of the " fatal consequences " 7 Taylor , Louisiana Reconstructed , pp . 216-18 . Dawson , Army Generals , pp . 108-11 . See also Althea D. Pitt , " The Collapse of the Warmoth Regime , 1870-72 , " Louisiana ...
... Emory , very much aware of the " fatal consequences " 7 Taylor , Louisiana Reconstructed , pp . 216-18 . Dawson , Army Generals , pp . 108-11 . See also Althea D. Pitt , " The Collapse of the Warmoth Regime , 1870-72 , " Louisiana ...
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... Emory had 5 companies posted in the city . Mean- while , on the fourth , Packard had dispatched U.S. deputy marshals ... Emory for assistance , representing that a mob of 2,000 men were threatening to attack the state house at noon ...
... Emory had 5 companies posted in the city . Mean- while , on the fourth , Packard had dispatched U.S. deputy marshals ... Emory for assistance , representing that a mob of 2,000 men were threatening to attack the state house at noon ...
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Page 14 - ... it shall be lawful for the president of the United States, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States...
Page 6 - In pursuance of this authority, the act of 1795 has provided, "that whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth such number of the militia of the State or States most convenient to the place of danger, or scene of action, as he may judge necessary to repel such invasion, and to issue his order for that purpose to such officer or officers of the militia...
Page 6 - That whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed, or the execution thereof obstructed, in any state, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals...
Page 8 - That whenever it may be necessary in the judgment of the President to use the military force hereby directed to be called forth, the President shall forthwith and previous thereto, by proclamation, command such insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within a limited time...
Page 6 - February 28, 1795, provided, that, " in case of an insurrection in any State against the government thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, on application of the legislature of such State or of the executive, when the legislature cannot be convened, to call forth such number of the militia of any other State or States, as may be applied for, as he may judge sufficient to suppress such insurrection.
Page 7 - The marshals and their deputies shall have, in each State, the same powers, in executing the laws of the United States, as the sheriffs and their deputies in such State may have, by law, in executing the laws thereof.
Page 112 - President, therefore, by announcing his determination, was as effectual as if the militia had been assembled under his orders. And it should be equally authoritative. For certainly no court of the United States, with a knowledge of this decision, would have been justified in recognizing the opposing party as the lawful government...
Page 214 - Whenever, by reason of unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages of persons, or rebellion against the authority of the Government oC the United States, it shall become impracticable, in the judgment of the President, to enforce, by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the laws of the United States...