Don’t forget Lincoln ordered the imprisonment of the entire Maryland Legislature to prevent a vote on Secession of Maryland from the Union. Thereby surrounding D.C. with Seceded States.
He ordered their imprisonment. Directed executive military order on civilians.
“Don’t forget Lincoln ordered the imprisonment of the entire Maryland Legislature to prevent a vote on Secession of Maryland from the Union.”
Not quite the case. In a special session of the Maryland Legislature held April 1861 the vote was 53 to remain in the Union and 13 to secede from the Union. The next regular session of the Maryland Legislature met September 1861. It was at this time about 1/3 of the legislators were arrested by Federal authorities.