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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05255.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Opinion on the constitutional power of the military to try and execute the assassins of the President by James Speed |
| Date | 1865 |
| Author | Speed, James (1812-1887) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Published by the Government Printing Office. Argues that the Lincoln conspirators should be tried before a military court because they committed the crime as public enemies. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Lincoln Assassination Assassination Military Law Law Government and Civics Judiciary US Constitution Confederate States of America Union Forces President |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |