Editing War crime (section)

===Lieber Code===
{{Main|Lieber Code}}
The Lieber Code was written early in the [[American Civil War]] and President [[Abraham Lincoln]] issued as General Order 100 on April 24, 1863, just months after the military [[execution]]s at [[Mankato, Minnesota]]. General Order 100, ''Instructions for the Government of the Armies of the United States in the Field'' (Lieber Code) was written by [[Francis Lieber|Franz Lieber]], a German [[lawyer]], political [[philosopher]], and veteran of the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. Lincoln made the Code [[military law]] for all [[Rules of war|wartime conduct]] of the [[Union Army]]. It defined [[command responsibility]] for war crimes and [[crimes against humanity]] as well as stated the military responsibilities of the Union soldier fighting the [[Confederate States of America]].<ref>{{cite book |year=1863 |title=Instructions for the Government of the Armies of the United States in the Field |author=Francis Lieber, LL.D. and revised by a Board of Officers |edition= 1st |publisher=D. Van Nostrand |publication-date=1863 |publication-place=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/governarmies00unitrich|access-date=23 August 2015 |via= Internet Archive}}</ref>