{"product_id":"instructions-for-the-government-of-armies-of-the-united-states-in-the-field-general-order-no-100-the-lieber-code-9781646792207","title":"Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field - General Order No. 100: The Lieber Code","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The United States acknowledge and protect, in hostile countries occupied by them, religion and morality; strictly private property; the persons of the inhabitants, especially those of women; and the sacredness of domestic relations. Offenses to the contrary shall be rigorously punished.\" --Article 37, \u003cem\u003eInstructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field--General Order No. 100\u003c\/em\u003e (1863)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed \u003cem\u003eGeneral Order No. 100\u003c\/em\u003e, also known as \u003cem\u003eThe Lieber Code\u003c\/em\u003e, dictating how the Union Forces soldiers should conduct themselves during the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis document, considered by some among the most important in America's history, was written by German-American legal scholar Francis Lieber, and became the basis of American conduct of war and laid the foundation for the twentieth century Geneva Conventions that established the standards of international law for humanitarian treatment in war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome other related publications by Cosimo Reports are: \u003cem\u003eThe Laws and Usages of War at Sea--A Naval War Code\u003c\/em\u003e (1900), \u003cem\u003eRules of Land Warfare\u003c\/em\u003e (1940), \u003cem\u003eSmall Wars Manual\u003c\/em\u003e (1940), \u003cem\u003eThe United States Department of Defense Law of War Manual\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLieber, Francis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - FRANCIS LIEBER (1798-1872) was a German-born US lawyer and political philosopher. He fought with the Prussian Army in 1815 during the Napoleonic Wars. After being imprisoned in Prussia, he fled to England and immigrated to the United States in 1827, where he became famous for writing The Lieber Code.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUs Dept of War:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - The US DEPARTMENT OF WAR was an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.","brand":"Cosimo Reports","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50682156810514,"sku":"9781646792207","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0ada6d23-9040-4c01-a1f1-4b95e79c344e.jpg?v=1733965166","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/instructions-for-the-government-of-armies-of-the-united-states-in-the-field-general-order-no-100-the-lieber-code-9781646792207","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}