[Casloy]

it was GRANT who issued orders to shut down Nashville papers and to arrest any editors who were still printing anti-Union stuff.

And rightly so, there is no such thing as freedom of the press when you are occupying your enemy's territory.

[LS]

I agree. I'm just saying, Lincoln advised Grant, actually, to leave the papers alone. See my forthcoming book, "America's Victories: Why the United States Wins Wars and Will Win the War on Terror," (Sentinel, May).

[detsaoT]

And rightly so, there is no such thing as freedom of the press when you are occupying your enemy's territory.

As the Federal government never recognized the South to have seceeded, would it not follow that the Federal troops were still on Federal territory? By their own definition?