Osceola was only ONE of many.
The Old timers around here sent my wife and children to many books a large number that are out of print.
Lincoln ordered telegraph wires cut, news paper offices burnt down, and yes even towns and districts to be burnt.
I highly recommend the book “The Real Lincoln”
“Mom was from MO and Dad from KS.”
Are we brothers?
Can we agree that the Fed Gov has to much power?
The infamous Order #9, I believe, evacuated several counties along the KS border and burned the buildings to prevent them being used as refuge for the guerrillas.
I don’t approve of that policy, though I refer you to the policies advocated by a good many freepers for dealing with populations supporting guerrillas in Iraq and Afghanistan. “Kill ‘em all” has frequently been suggested, including from some all bent out of shape by Lincoln’s policies. Sometimes the objection is not to particular methods of war, it’s to being on the receiving end of them.
Cutting telegraph wires is a routine part of war. Inhibiting the enemy’s communications.
Lincoln closed multiple newspapers, usually briefly. Had you considered what would have happened to openly pro-Axis papers in this country during WWII? Would they have been allowed to operate freely?
As mentioned above, I realize troops under Lincoln’s authority burned towns and districts, although they seldom, if ever, massacred civilians.
I agree FedGov has too much power. I just disagree that its power has much of anything to do with Lincoln’s actions during the War.
After the War, the federal government returned (mostly) to its previous limited role for several decades. The rapid and continuous expansion of federal power we all know and love began only in the 1890s as the Progressives gained influence.
The Progressives based their policies not on looking back to Lincoln, but on contemporary practice in Europe, particularly in Germany.
To make Lincoln responsible for the mess we have now, you have to assume that the Progressives would never have existed without Lincoln having done what he did. And I don’t think that assumption can be supported.