Abraham Lincoln declared martial law during the Civil War in 1862, which lasted four years through 1866. Lincoln's declaration applied martial law to "all rebels and insurgents, their aiders and ...

Eight score and two years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed the False Claims Act into federal law. The anti-fraud tool, ...

In the U.S., the president, Congress or a governor can declare martial law. President Abraham Lincoln invoked martial law in 1863 during the Civil War. Hawaii, which was a U.S. territory at the ...

Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that predated President Abraham Lincoln ... declared martial law and freed the slaves in the ...