Towne, Stephen E., 1961-2021-06-042021-06-042020Stephen E. Towne, "'These Scoundrels Stand in No Fear of the Civil Courts; They Do, of the Military:' The Decision to Use Military Commissions to Try the Indiana Conspirators in 1864," in _Ex Parte Milligan Reconsidered: Race and Civil Liberties from the Lincoln Administration to the War on Terror_ , Stewart L. Winger and Jonathan W. White, eds., (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas), 165-1919780700629367https://hdl.handle.net/1805/26111The decision to employ military commissions to try conspirators in Indiana in 1864 was more complicated than historians have previously understood. Many persons contributed over a long period, but President Abraham Lincoln made the decision based on his calculations about his chances of being reelected. Fearing that he would lose the fall election, Lincoln took the expedient step to try conspirators by military commission.en-USAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalLambdin P. MilliganEdwin M. StantonAbraham LincolnMilitary commissionsU.S. ArmyOliver P. MortonMilitary intelligenceKnights of the Golden CircleOrder of American KnightsSons of LibertyConspiraciesHenry B. CarringtonSamuel P. HeintzelmanFelix G. StidgerJohn BroughRichard YatesWilliam S. RosecransUlysses S. GrantWilliam T. ShermanJoseph HoltClement L. VallandighamStephen G. BurbridgeHenry W. HalleckFlamen Ball, Jr.Alvin P. HoveyHenry L. BurnettHarrison H. DoddWilliam A. BowlesAndrew HumphreysStephen HorseyJoseph J. BinghamBook chapter