- Joined
- Jan 7, 2013
- Location
- Long Island, NY
Francis Lieber is best known to students of the Civil War as the author of the Lieber Code, General Order 100, which set down the rules of war for Union soldiers. A German intellectual who lived in South Carolina most of his life in the United States, Lieber became a committed foe of slavery. In 1864 he became a leading immigrant advocate of Lincoln's reelection. You can read about his attacks on George McClellan in this week's The Immigrants' Civil War article:
http://www.longislandwins.com/colum...er_comes_out_swinging_in_the_election_of_1864
http://www.longislandwins.com/colum...er_comes_out_swinging_in_the_election_of_1864