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He ordered Winfield Scott to arrest anyone from Washington to Philadelphia (mainly Marylanders, who owned slaves yet were loyal to the North) who spoke out against the war. Lincoln would suspend the writ of habeas corpus, keeping people in jail without trial. He would imprision 18,000 confederate sympathizers. http://www.etymonline.com/cw/habeas.htm

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