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"Lieber Code" Author Francis Lieber CDV Photograph He Also Wrote the Civil War Union Code & Laws of War
c. 1860 Civil War Photograph Carte de Visite of Francis (Franz) Lieber, Author of the "Lieber Code" during the American Civil War, backmarked "Rockwood, NY", Choice Very Fine.
This original Photograph Carte de Visite of Francis (Franz) Lieber, is slightly trimmed at top of the carte, overall in choice condition, his photo with nice sharp contrast. Francis Lieber (1798-1872) edited an "Encyclopaedia Americana". He assisted the Union War Department and President Abraham Lincoln in drafting legal guidelines for the Union Army. He was the author of the "Lieber Code" during the American Civil War, also known as Code for the Government of Armies in the Field (1863), which laid the foundation for conventions governing the conduct of troops during wartime. Published by the Union army, being General Order Number 100. Lieber sided with the North during the American Civil War, even though he had been a resident of South Carolina. As early as 1851, he delivered an address in South Carolina warning the Southern states Against Secession!
(Francis Lieber) (1798 - 1872), known as Franz Lieber in Germany, was a German-American jurist, gymnast and political philosopher. He edited an Encyclopaedia Americana. He was the author of the Lieber Code during the American Civil War, also known as Code for the Government of Armies in the Field (1863), which laid the foundation for conventions governing the conduct of troops during wartime.
Lieber sided with the North during the American Civil War, even though he had been a resident of South Carolina. As early as 1851, he delivered an address in South Carolina warning the southern states against secession. One of his sons, geologist Oscar Montgomery Lieber (see below), joined the Confederate army and died at the Battle of Williamsburg. He assisted the Union War Department and President Abraham Lincoln in drafting legal guidelines for the Union army, the most famous being General Orders Number 100, or the "Lieber Code" as it is commonly known.
The Lieber Code would be adopted by other military organizations and go on to form the basis of the first laws of war. After the Civil War, Lieber was given the task of accumulating and preserving the records of the former government of the Confederate States of America. While working in this capacity, Lieber was one of the last known people to possess the infamous Dahlgren Affair papers. Shortly after obtaining them, Lieber was ordered to give them to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, who likely disposed of them, as they have not been seen since.