{"id":7981,"date":"2015-06-03T19:52:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T02:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7981"},"modified":"2017-11-11T19:56:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T03:56:00","slug":"odd-wisconsin-soldiers-conscience-trumped-direct-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7981","title":{"rendered":"Odd Wisconsin: Soldier&#8217;s conscience trumped direct orders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Wisconsin State Journal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Wisconsin Historical Society<\/p>\n<p>Society depends on people obeying rules for the common good, but sometimes conscience is stronger than conformity.<\/p>\n<p>This happened twice in 1862 to Col. Halbert Paine of Wisconsin&#8217;s 4th Cavalry, who disobeyed orders to return fugitive slaves to their owners and to burn the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.\u00a0. .<\/p>\n<p>On June 5, 1862, Paine was ordered to send African-American slaves who&#8217;d taken refuge among his troops back to their owners. . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/host.madison.com\/news\/local\/odd-wisconsin-soldier-s-conscience-trumped-direct-orders\/article_b5a83615-abc6-5e40-92e5-e6330eb20dd0.html\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin State Journal Wisconsin Historical Society Society depends on people obeying rules for the common good, but sometimes conscience is stronger than conformity. This happened twice in 1862 to Col. 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