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He was not arrested because he was damaging the political prospects of the administration or the personal interests of the commanding general, but because he was damaging the army, upon the existence and vigor of which the life of the nation depends.

President Lincoln's Views: An Important Letter on the Principles Involved in ... - Page 13
by Abraham Lincoln - 1863 - 20 pages
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National History of the War for the Union, Civil, Military and ..., Volume 3

Evert Augustus Duyckinck - United States - 1861 - 668 pages

...desertions from the army ; and to leave the rebellion without an adequate military force to suppress it. He was warring upon the military, and this gave the...military constitutional jurisdiction to lay hands upon him.77 There was, in fact, he maintained, a great distinction WAR FOR THE UNION. between the working...

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