Abraham Lincoln actually said...

all rebels and insurgents, their aiders and abettors, within the United States, ... shall be subject to martial law and liable to trial and punishment by courts-martial or military commissions

Context

Proclamation 94—Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus

09/23/1862

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