Act Of Justice: Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and the Law of War (Burrus M. Carnharn - LP) tom Ryan It describes a journey of

It describes a journey of both spiritual and historic significance as revealed through previously undisclosed 150-year-old diaries that recount Herman Sidney Cook's odyssey

Accounts of the postwar lives of many of the men are included

death and all three burials

Daniel and Marilyn Laney Prize by the Austin Civil War Round Table

Act Of Justice: Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and the Law of War (Burrus M. Carnharn - LP) tom Ryan It describes a journey ofIn his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln declared that as president he would "have no lawful right" to interfere with the institution of slavery. Yet less than two years later, he issued a proclamation intended to free all slaves throughout the Confederate states. When critics challenged the constitutional soundness of the act, Lincoln pointed to the international laws and usages of war as the legal basis for his Proclamation, asserting that