Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Winfield Scott1Jump to section

April 27, 1861

To the Commanding General of the Army of the United States:

You are engaged in repressing an insurrection against the laws of the United States. If at any point on or in the vicinity of the [any] military line, which is now [or which shall be] used between the City of Philadelphia and the City of Washington, via Perryville, Annapolis City, and Annapolis Junction, you find resistance which renders it necessary to suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus for the public safety, you, personally or through the officer in command at the point where the [at which] resistance occurs, are authorized to suspend that writ. ABRAHAM LINCOLN

April 27 1861

Annotation

[1] LS, is owned by Foreman M. Lebold, Chicago, Illinois. In addition to the signature the number ``27'' in the date line is in Lincoln's handwriting. As printed by Nicolay and Hay (VI, 258) this order lacks the phrase ``via Perryville, Annapolis City, and Annapolis Junction,'' and differs in having the variant phrases which are bracketed in the text.

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