If soldiers are sent forth to battle, if fields are occupied as camps, and houses are occupied as hospitals, without permission of the owners, it is under the War Powers of Congress, or, in other words, the belligerent rights of this Government.
Sumner discusses the legal basis for military actions taken without property owners' permission under Congress's war powers.
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