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by John Fabian Witt


  Howe, William, 15, 27

  Huddy, Joshua, 23

  Hudson River, 23, 25–26, 89

  Hudson Valley, 20, 43

  humanitarianism, 3, 4, 24, 51, 106, 184, 196

  gains in, 16–17

  justice vs., 7–9, 22

  humanity, 23, 26, 44, 48

  concepts of, 18

  divergence from aspirations of, 27

  rights of, 20, 28

  human rights organizations, 370

  Humphreys, Salusbury Pryce, 62

  Hunter, David, 207–8, 224, 235, 240, 244, 247, 259, 274, 289–90

  Hunter, Robert, 287

  Hurlbut, Stephen A., 298

  hypocrisy, 6–7, 155, 162, 252, 278, 302, 363–64

  Illinois, 180

  Illinois militia, 141–42

  Independence Day, 109

  India, 56

  Indiana, 309, 312

  Indians, 32–36, 88–98, 100, 253, 354, 366, 367

  in American Revolution, 14–16, 33–36, 38, 89, 91

  body parts taken as trophies by, 88–90

  British alliance with, 14–16, 33–36, 38, 66, 66, 69, 89, 91, 121

  captives taken by, 90

  Christianizing of, 92

  conflicts of settlers and, 88–93, 95–99, 97, 107–8, 332

  execution and extermination of, 6, 32, 34–36, 72n–73n, 92, 95, 97–98, 332–37, 366

  Jefferson on warfare of, 15, 32, 36

  mourning wars of, 90

  portrait sketches of, 33

  ritual cannibalism of, 89

  scalping by, 33, 34, 36, 88–89, 90, 97–98, 203

  schools for, 336

  Spanish treaty with, 77

  torture and butchery by, 89–92

  U.S. treaties with, 72n–73n, 96, 286, 330

  war gods of, 88–89

  war laws of, 88–92

  Western, 328–38, 345

  see also specific Indian tribes

  Indian Wars, 91, 141–42, 332

  post-Civil War, 328–38, 345

  see also Seminole Wars

  Inferno, The (Dante), 52

  Influence of Sea Power Upon History, The (Mahan), 346

  Influence of Sea Power Upon the French Revolution and Empire, The (Mahan), 346

  Ingersoll, Charles Jared, 81, 82, 269

  Institute of International Law, 343

  Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field, see Lincoln’s Code of War

  International Criminal Court, 5

  international law, 86, 146, 148, 151, 155, 368

  criticism of, 5

  fundamental changes in, 5

  pretenses of neutrality in, 6

  U.S. policy and, 5–7, 144, 249

  International Law; Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace and War (Halleck), 188, 192

  interrogation tactics, enhanced, 5

  Irish Sea, 135

  ironclad ships, 4, 135, 170

  Iroquois Indians, 89

  alliance of Virginia militia and, 13–14

  Six Nations of, 33

  Islam, 177

  Israel, 6

  Italy, 127, 242, 338–39

  Ivanhoe (Scott), 109

  Jackson, Andrew, 7, 93–108, 301, 337, 372

  adolescence of, 79–80

  in Civil War, 78

  execution of British prisoners by, 98–101, 103–5, 127

  frontier outlook of, 80

  Indian conflict and extermination by, 72n, 93, 95–99, 97, 332, 366

  militia tradition and, 78, 94–99, 137

  political enemies of, 99–106

  presidency of, 79, 87, 105–7, 115, 253, 265, 368

  Revolutionary War experience of, 79–80

  Jackson, Elizabeth, 80

  Jackson, Robert, 79–80

  Jackson, Thomas J. “Stonewall,” 201

  Jacksonville, Fla., 220, 222–23, 235

  Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig, 174, 175–76

  James River, 202, 208–9, 245

  Jay, John, 35, 53, 72, 131

  Jay, William, 131–32

  Jay Treaty of 1794, 72

  Jefferson, Thomas, 28–36, 39–40, 45, 47, 60, 84, 127, 134, 199, 354

  contradictory slave policy of, 31–32, 70, 224, 369

  Declaration of Independence written by, 15, 28, 31, 32, 36, 89

  Deist beliefs of, 41

  as governor of Virginia, 34–37, 39–40

  humane military policy of, 7, 28–29, 44, 70

  on Indian warfare, 15, 32, 36

  presidency of, 87, 99

  as secretary of state, 29, 53–55, 72

  slaves held by, 29, 30–32, 70

  Jefferson Davis, 161

  Jena, 175

  Jena, Battle of, 173, 177

  Jesup, Thomas Sidney, 107–8

  Jesus Christ, teachings of, 111, 289

  John Adams, 220

  Johnson, Andrew, 240, 291

  cabinet of, 318, 321

  impeachment of, 316, 322, 334

  presidency of, 286, 287, 290, 294, 300, 303, 304, 306–8, 310, 313–23, 334

  Reconstruction and, 304, 306–8, 313

  Johnson, Bradley T., 274, 303, 322–23

  Johnson, Reverdy, 292–93

  Johnson, Richard Mentor, 100, 101–2

  Johnson’s Island, 309

  Johnston, Albert Sidney, 173

  Johnston, Joseph E., 208–9, 250, 253, 286

  Jomini, Baron Antoine Henri de, 84–85, 122, 185

  Jones, Francis, 102, 103

  Jones, John Paul, 88

  Jones, Walter, 81

  Judge Advocate General, office of, 126, 263–71, 294, 314, 362

  Confederate analogue to, 273

  Francis Lieber and, 230, 318

  Norman Lieber and, 328, 336, 356–58

  torture and, 360–61

  Judiciary Act of 1789, 316

  Jumonville, Joseph Coulon de, 19

  Washington implicated in murder of, 13–14

  Jumonville Glen, 14

  Just and Unjust Wars (Walzer), 7

  justice, 16, 20, 25, 178

  humanitarianism vs., 7–9, 22

  Lincoln’s Code as sword of, 4

  Justice Department, U.S., Office of Legal Counsel in, 112n

  just wars, theory of, 17–18, 41–42, 90–94

  Emancipation and, 219

  Lincoln and, 212–13

  Mahan and, 347

  Obama and, 373

  Sherman and, 279

  Kames, Lord, 31, 45

  Kansas, 188–89, 275

  antislavery violence in, 200

  Kansas jayhawkers, 188–89, 190–91, 221

  Kant, Immanuel, 4, 19, 182, 236, 253

  Kautz, August, 291

  Kearny, Philip, 209

  Kearsarge, 308

  Kelley, William D., 314–15

  Kendall, George W., 119

  Kennedy, David M., 95n

  Kennedy, John F., 52n

  Kennedy, Robert, 297, 302

  Kent, James, 71, 83, 85, 87, 93, 94, 165

  Kentucky, 34, 198, 263, 290

  Kentucky militia, 95

  Key, Francis Scott, 69, 81

  Key, Philip Barton, 81

  Keys, William Farrand, 261

  Key West, Fla., 152

  kidnappings, 5, 120, 291, 359

  King, Rufus, 103

  King Philip’s War of 1675, 91

  King’s College, 21

  Kintpuash, “Captain Jack,” 329–30, 334–35

  Knifewing, 88–89

  Knox, John, 265

  Kremlin, 50

  Krupp, 129

  Ku Klux Klan, 258

  Labuan, 152–53

  Lacock, Abner, 104

  Lafayette, Marquis de, 25, 100

  Lake Erie, 309

  Lake Tule, 328

  Landsturm, 174

  Lane, Joseph, 125, 126

  Lane, Walter, 125

  Latin America, wars of independence in, 88
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  Laurens, Henry, 21, 25, 72

  law of nations, 16–19, 24, 93, 117, 151, 166, 169

  first rule of, 17–18

  Lincoln on, 141, 145, 146

  publicists of, 19, 28, 29, 30, 32, 41

  Lawrence, Kans., 189, 275

  “Laws and Usages of War” (Lieber), 181–83

  laws of war, 366–73

  alternately troubled and triumphant history of, 8, 48

  ambivalence and skepticism about, 16, 27

  authority of powerful states advanced in, 6

  categories of people exempted from violence in, 2, 18, 20, 29

  chivalric codes of combat in, 18, 123–24

  constraints and prohibitions in, 2, 4, 5, 18, 20, 22, 26, 183–84, 186, 279, 280

  contempt for, 4, 7, 185–86

  conventions of honor and equity in, 14–15, 18–19, 22, 26–27, 203

  disregard and contradiction of, 6–8, 27, 28, 32

  early attempts at, 3, 16–19

  eighteenth-century European interpretation of, 16–20, 22–24, 28–29, 30, 32, 44, 130

  humanitarianism vs. justice in., 7–9, 22, 26–27, 51, 137

  international participation in, 3, 5

  Jefferson on, 28–29

  Lincoln on, 146–47, 151

  maritime, 56–66, 81, 86–88, 133–36, 148–69

  moderation and generosity urged in, 17–18, 20, 22

  moral issues in, 237, 252, 275, 280

  mythical and hypocritical views of, 5–8

  neutrality issue in, 6, 17–19, 41–42, 44, 51–59, 111, 133–35, 152–56, 368–70

  partisan uses of, 99–106

  private property issue in, 70–72, 139, 211, 233–34, 379–81

  professional literature of, 82–83

  progress of civilization and, 3, 19, 27, 71, 80

  respect for, 5, 15, 26–27

  as “satire,” 13, 27

  as source of moral engagement, 6, 7–8, 20, 41–42

  teaching of, 109–11

  tensions and contradictions of, 48

  treaties and, 44–48

  U.S. history and leadership in, 2–3, 5–9, 15–16, 24, 26–29, 43–48, 56–59, 66, 70–71

  usual timing and patterns of, 3

  violation of, 13–15, 34, 40–41, 47, 49–51, 107, 118–19, 267–73, 286, 289–90, 297–98

  Laws of War or of Soldiers, 231

  lawyers, 80–83

  judge advocates as, 264–66, 269–70

  The Prize Cases and, 150

  Leavitt, Humphrey, 272–73

  Lee, Charles, 81

  Lee, Henry “Light-Horse Harry,” 38–39, 81

  Lee, John Fitzgerald, 264, 266, 271, 292

  Lee, Robert E., 190, 215, 253, 299

  Army of Northern Virginia commanded by, 255, 261, 264, 285

  surrender of, 285–87, 303, 322

  legal profession, see lawyers

  LeGrand, Julia Ellen, 216

  Leipzig, Battle of, 177

  Leopard, HMS, 62–63

  Leslie, Alexander, 38

  Letcher, John, 192

  levée en masse, 232, 243

  Lewis, William, 81

  Lexington and Concord, Battles of, 9, 16, 29

  Leyte, 359

  Lieber, Francis, 9, 173–88, 193–96, 226–48, 286, 287, 317–24

  childhood and adolescence of, 173–74

  code of modern warfare by, 1–4, 5, 8, 193–95, 231–49, 255, 260, 262, 270–71, 279, 294, 327–28, 337–38, 362

  death of, 327–28

  diary of, 226

  efforts to indict Jefferson Davis by, 317–23

  Halleck and, 229–30, 232–33, 236–37, 240, 242, 248, 271–72, 317–21, 340

  intellectual background of, 175–77

  Lincoln and, 180–81, 193, 196, 205, 226, 229

  military service of, 174–75

  physical appearance of, 1

  political and philosophical beliefs of, 3–4, 177–79

  slavery views of, 226–28

  slaves owned by, 226–27

  Sumner and, 178–79, 187–88, 205, 227–29, 289, 317–18, 340

  teaching and lecturing of, 176–77, 179, 180–83, 185, 218, 227–28, 231–32, 234–36, 318

  on war, 177–84, 185–86, 193–95, 231–39

  Lieber, Frederick, 174

  Lieber, Hamilton, 170, 172–73, 176, 186, 196, 280

  Francis Lieber’s search for, 169, 187–88

  Lieber, Matilda Oppenheim, 173, 175, 180, 186

  Lieber, Norman, 180, 232, 270, 319

  as Judge Advocate General, 328, 336, 356–58, 360, 362

  Lieber, Oscar, 176, 180, 193

  Life magazine, 360

  Ligny, Battle of, 174–75, 177

  Lincoln, Abraham, 138, 365, 366–68

  aggressive vs. “rosewater” approach to war adopted by, 2, 3, 5, 196, 239, 265, 358

  amnesty tradition embraced by, 288

  cabinet of, 2, 145–49, 180–81, 214–15, 288, 312–13, 366

  Confederacy viewed as criminal by, 138, 142–43, 143, 146

  1860 nomination and election of, 148, 263

  eulogies of, 307

  evolution of slavery policy of, 197–99, 204–8, 211–19, 310, 367–68, 373

  front line visits of, 317

  inaugurations of, 142, 143, 201, 263, 285, 287–88

  kidnapping plot against, 291

  law career of, 141, 146, 148

  meager wartime experience of, 138, 141–42, 145–46

  military advisers of, 1, 142, 145–50, 226, 253, 333, 366

  military leadership and strategy of, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 142–50, 196, 198–99, 209–13, 248–49, 367

  presidency of, 1–5, 8–9, 78, 139, 141–51, 155–60, 162–64, 167–69, 180, 197–99, 204–8, 290, 306, 310, 312–13

  Second Inaugural Address of, 285, 287–88, 373

  self-deprecating wit of, 146

  writ of habeus corpus suspended by, 150, 193, 266, 294

  see also Emancipation Proclamation

  Lincoln (Donald), 212n

  Lincoln assassination, 244, 286–97, 317

  arrest and trial of conspirators in, 287, 289–97, 298, 299, 301, 309, 310, 311, 314, 318, 319, 320, 334

  military commissions convened for, 289–96, 310

  see also Booth, John Wilkes

  Lincoln’s Code of War, 252, 324, 337–38

  bad faith and revenge enjoined in, 2, 4

  basic rules of conduct included in, 2, 4

  complete text of, 375–94

  Confederate condemnation of, 4, 245

  destiny of the nation vindicated in, 4

  distinction made between men in arms and noncombatants in, 2

  1863 approval of, 4

  Emancipation policy endorsed in, 2, 4, 8

  European adoption of, 2–3

  field manuals and treaties influenced by, 2–3

  flaws in, 254–56

  hard provisions authorized by, 4, 5, 6

  international law inspired by, 3, 324, 327–28, 342–45, 347–53

  Lieber’s drafting of, 1–4, 5, 8, 193–95, 231–49, 255, 260, 262, 270–71, 279

  modern laws of war founded on, 3

  157 articles of, 2

  original opening page of, 374

  preserving the Union as paramount in, 4

  prisoners of war protected in, 2

  prohibitions included in, 2, 4

  publication and distribution of, 2, 245, 270, 283, 286, 294

  rationales and general principles set out in, 2, 3

  as seminal document of civilization, 3

  slavery passages in, 240–47

  translations of, 2, 327–28

  uniqueness of, 2, 3

  violation of, 267–73

  as working document for soldiers, 2, 4, 353

  Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation (Guelzo), 212n

  Liverpool, Lord, 76

  Lloyd, John, 292

  Locke, Jo
hn, 30, 253

  Lockport, N.Y., 113

  London, 43, 44, 60, 73, 83, 115, 136, 150, 166, 175, 185

  London Bridge, 89

  Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 176

  Lords Commissioners of Appeals, British, 61–62, 154

  Louisiana, 77, 189, 201, 270

  secession of, 137

  Louisiana Military Seminary, 275

  Louisville Journal, 119, 216

  Lowry, Tom, 267n

  Loyalist militias, 43

  Loyalists, British, 43, 72

  Ludlow, William, 245, 259

  Lyons, Lord, 143–45, 148, 153, 160, 166

  Mabini, Apolinario, 354–55

  McAfee, Ward M., 73n

  MacArthur, Arthur, 357–58

  Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 253

  McCardle, William, 316

  McCausland, John, 274

  McClellan, Ellen, 216

  McClellan, George B., 228, 264, 275–76

  Army of the Potomac commanded by, 208–11, 210, 214–16, 230, 235, 237

  Lincoln’s dismissal of, 2

  McClure, George, 67

  Machiavelli, Niccolò, 184

  McKean, William, 152

  Mackenzie, William Lyon, 111–14, 178

  McKinley, William, 354

  McLean, Wilmer, 285

  McLeod, Alexander, 113–17, 129, 138, 148, 178

  McNeil, John, 274

  McPherson, James M., 301n

  Macutté Mong, 36

  Madison, Dolley, 49

  Madison, James, 39–41, 60

  frail health of, 40

  presidency of, 49–51, 74, 83, 99, 105

  retaliation urged by, 39–41, 42–43, 63

  as secretary of state, 61

  Magoffin, Ebenezer, 264

  Magruder, John B., 208, 253

  Mahan, Alfred Thayer, 345–48, 350–52, 364

  Mahan, Dennis Hart, 85, 346

  Maine, Henry Sumner, 343

  Mallory, Shepard, 202

  Mallory, Stephen, 287

  Malone, Patrick, 91

  Manila, 354

  Manning, William Oke, 191

  Mansfield, Lord, 242

  Manual of Political Ethics (Lieber), 177

  Marathon, Battle of, 177

  Marcy, William, 118, 123, 124–25, 176, 224

  party patronage defended by, 130

  as secretary of state, 133–36

  Marin, 119, 120

  Marshall, John, 54–59

  as chief justice, 54, 55–59, 70–71, 81, 96, 100, 301, 366, 370

  military career of, 54

  neutrality promoted by, 55–59, 61

  personable style of, 55

  as secretary of state, 54

  Martens, Fedor Fedorovich, 343–45, 364

  Martens, Georg Friedrich von, 19, 70, 129, 191, 362

  martial law, 198, 206, 207–8, 308, 311, 375–79

  Martindale, John Henry, 230

  Martinique, 61

  Mary Alice, 157

  Maryland, 49, 69, 74, 81–82, 150, 187, 202, 293

  Maryland, University of, Law School of, 82

  Maryland militia, 49, 150n

 

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