The Civil War Letters of Christian and Elise Dubach Isely,” and the inferences that can be made through those letters. Isely was stationed at Fort Leavenworth for about 18 months, from October ...

and Congress has not authorized a President to issue the instruments since the Civil War. (See CRS Legal Sidebar LSB11273, Letters of Marque and Reprisal (Part 2): Drafting History and U.S. Practice.) ...