President Lincoln used the authority granted him under the
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Act on September 15, 1863, to suspend habeas corpus throughout the Union in any case involving
prisoners of war,
spies,
traitors, or
any member of the military.
He subsequently both suspended habeas corpus and imposed martial law in Kentucky on July 5, 1864.