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An Act to amend the Act calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections, and repel Invasions, approved February twenty-eight, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, and the Acts amendatory thereof, and for other Purposes.
The Militia Act of 1862 (12 Stat. 597, enacted July 17, 1862) was an Act of the 37th United States Congress, during the American Civil War, that authorized a militia draft within a state when the state could not meet its quota with volunteers.
Summary. This topic entry is both an independent exploration of the interplay of laws, ethics, and justice and a synthesis of the ideas considered in greater detail in the chapters within this theme: The Rule of Law, Equity and the Law, and Perspectives on Ethics and Justice.
The Militia act of July 1862 authorized the President to employ black people on behalf of the Union war effort as laborers and soldiers.
23 Μαΐ 2018 · Militia Act [1] (1862) Daniel W. Hamilton On July 17, 1862, Congress passed the Militia Act [2], calling on the president to employ "persons of African descent" in military or naval service. This was, importantly, a change in policy.
How did Section 12 amend the original 1795 militia law, which was "an act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions; and to repeal the Act nor in force for those purposes"?
History and law concur in showing that the militia is an Anglo-Saxon institution. They also show beyond question that, as such, the militia from its obscure origin in Saxon times has been composed of all subjects and citizens capable of bearing arms, regardless of age or parental authority.
