Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 "Baltimore is to be the Battlefield of the Southern Revolution" the Baltimore Riot and the Formation of Lincoln's Habeas Corpus Policy -- 2 "A Collision of Civil and Military Authority" The Arrest and Incarceration of John Merryman -- 3 "Prosecute your Best cases-Not the Weak and Doubtful" The Difficulty of Punishing Disloyalty in the Loyal States -- 4 "Necessity is the Tyrant's Plea" The Habeas Corpus Act, Part I: Congressional Reaction to Military Arrests and Tribunals -- 5 "The Government Must In Some Way Sustain you in your Official Acts" The Habeas Corpus Act, Part II: The Failure of Congress to Protect Those Waging War -- Epilogue "Habeas Corpus John" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.