The Arguments of Secessionists

Authors

Francis Lieber

Files

Description

Full title: The arguments of secessionists : a letter to the Union Meeting, held in New York, September 30, 1863

Francis Lieber (1798 or 1800-1872) was a German-American jurist, gymnast and political philosopher. He was the author of the Lieber Code during the American Civil War, also known as Code for the Government of Armies in the Field (1863), considered to be the first document to comprehensively outline rules regulating the conduct of war, which laid the foundation for the Geneva Conventions.

Publisher

Loyal Publication Society

City

New York, New York, United States of America

Printer

Holman

City

New York, New York

Series

Loyal Publication Society, No. 35

Publication Date

1863

Keywords

Cedarville, Archives, Special Collections, Civil War

Document Type

Pamphlet

Source

University Special Collections

Digitization Date

April 12, 2022

Original Format

5¾" x 9" paper pamphlet, 8 pages, printed recto and verso

Language

English

Copyright

Copyright expired

Recommended Citation

Lieber, Francis, "The Arguments of Secessionists" (1863). Pamphlet Collection. 83.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/pamphlet_collection/83