Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!
During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln commissioned Francis Lieber, a professor at what law school, to draft what became General Order No. 100 (widely known as the Lieber Code), the first modern codification of the laws of war for the U.S. military?
Hint: The code explicitly states that “[t]roops that give no quarter have no right to kill enemies already disabled on the ground,” or hanging off the side of a disabled boat, as the case may be.
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