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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... detachments from other parts of the state . He also set in motion the apparatus to get supplies to the various rendezvous points working through Commissary of Military Stores Samuel Hodgdon and agents in each state — Edward Carrington ...
... detachments from other parts of the state . He also set in motion the apparatus to get supplies to the various rendezvous points working through Commissary of Military Stores Samuel Hodgdon and agents in each state — Edward Carrington ...
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... detachments of men from all over the state began . This task was seriously disrupted by the outbreak of disorders in Washington and Allegheny coun- ties in western Maryland , inspired perhaps by the rebels in Pennsylvania . Dissidents ...
... detachments of men from all over the state began . This task was seriously disrupted by the outbreak of disorders in Washington and Allegheny coun- ties in western Maryland , inspired perhaps by the rebels in Pennsylvania . Dissidents ...
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... detachments , which had come in from different Counties of the State , in a very disjointed and loose manner ; or rather I ought to have said in urging and assisting Gover- nor Mifflin to do it ; as I no otherwise took the command of ...
... detachments , which had come in from different Counties of the State , in a very disjointed and loose manner ; or rather I ought to have said in urging and assisting Gover- nor Mifflin to do it ; as I no otherwise took the command of ...
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... detachments as they arrived . At the same time Washington instructed Knox , who was now back in Philadelphia as secretary of war , to halt the march of any New Jersey militia that had not crossed the Delaware River on the twelfth . 51 ...
... detachments as they arrived . At the same time Washington instructed Knox , who was now back in Philadelphia as secretary of war , to halt the march of any New Jersey militia that had not crossed the Delaware River on the twelfth . 51 ...
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... detachments " a considerable distance in the rear , " most of them ill clothed , should be turned back to avoid additional expense . " The Army which is already advanced , " he wrote , " is more than competent to any opposition that can ...
... detachments " a considerable distance in the rear , " most of them ill clothed , should be turned back to avoid additional expense . " The Army which is already advanced , " he wrote , " is more than competent to any opposition that can ...
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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...