Under Lincoln's leadership, the Union set up a naval blockade that shut down the South's normal trade, took control of the border slave states at the start of the war, gained control of communications with gunboats on the southern river systems, and tried repeatedly to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia.

Under the Geneva Conventions of 1949, it is a war crime to transfer, directly or indirectly, the civilian population of a country power onto land under that country's military occupation.

Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.

Under the Constitution of 1791, the solution of a constitutional monarchy was adopted, and the king supported a war against Austria in order to increase his popularity, starting the long French Revolutionary Wars.

Under war conditions and with national survival seemingly at stake, the Montagnard Jacobins under Maximilien Robespierre centralized denunciations, trials, and executions.

Under the secret Treaty of London signed in April 1915, Triple Entente powers promised Italy that it would gain Vlorë ( Valona ) and nearby lands and a protectorate over Albania in exchange for entering the war against Austria-Hungary.

Under the terms of the Anglo-Irish agreement of 6 December 1921, which ended the war ( 1919 – 1921 ), Northern Ireland was given the option of withdrawing from the new state, the Irish Free State, and remaining part of the United Kingdom.

Under American advice ( by American envoy John Kenneth Galbraith who made and ran American policy on the war as all other top policy makers in USA were absorbed in coincident Cuban Missile Crisis ) Nehru refrained, not according to the best choices available, from using the Indian air force to beat back the Chinese advances.

Under Stepinac's leadership, the bishops ' conference released a letter condemning alleged Partisan war crimes in September, 1945.

Under Section IX was The Statistical Research Centre War Office ( a cover name ), mobilised on September 1939 on the outbreak of war at War Station No X Bletchley Park, charged with breaking the German Enigma codes.

Under international pressure, President Sirleaf requested in March 2006 that Nigeria extradite Charles Taylor, who was then brought before an international tribunal in Sierra Leone to face charges of crimes against humanity, arising from events during the Sierra Leone civil war ( his trial was later transferred to The Hague for security purposes ).

Under the command of the military organs, it undertakes such jobs as war preparation services, security and defense operation tasks and assistance in maintaining social order and public security.

Under " Admiral " Naismith's brilliant leadership, the Dendarii eventually take over the rest of the Oseran fleet and win the war.

Under king Ladislaus he was among the few Neapolitan feudataries who were able to maintain their territorial power after the royal war against them.

Under the terms of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, the Empire of Japan declared war on the German Empire in 1914 and invaded German overseas territories in the Pacific Ocean.

Under pressure from Moscow and Berlin, the Romanian administration and the army were forced to retreat from Bessarabia as well from Northern Bukovina to avoid war.

Under international treaty, it may be used " in time of war as in time of peace, by every vessel of commerce or of war, without distinction of flag.

Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and effectively ended the war with the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox.

Under the new conditions of the war, heavy equipment was no use to them, and therefore no great loss.

Under these circumstances, the Germans had to continue the war, yet couldn't pin down any proper military opposition in their vicinity.

Under the Ostrogoths, Pavia became a fortified citadel and their last bulwark in the war against Belisarius.

Under his successor Samsu-iluna ( 1749-1712 BC ) the far south of Mesopotamia was lost to a native Akkadian king called Ilum-ma-ili and became The Sealand Dynasty, remaining free of Babylon for the next 272 years, and both the Babylonians and Amorites were driven from Assyria to the north by an Assyrian governor named Puzur-Sin, and after a civil war, a native king named Adasi seized power.

Under the Nuremberg Principles, war crimes are different from crimes against peace which is planning, preparing, initiating, or waging a war of aggression, or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements, or assurances.

Under Wudi, the works of Confucius were made the official imperial philosophy and required reading for civil service examinations in 140 BC which was continued nearly unbroken until the end of the 19th Century.

Under Chiang Kai-Shek, the government recognized limited civil and economic freedoms, property rights ( personal and intellectual ) and other liberties.

Under § 1332 ( d ) ( 2 ) the federal district courts have original jurisdiction over any civil action where the amount in controversy exceeds $ 5, 000, 000 and

Under Section 2 ( b ) of the Contempt of Courts Act of 1971, civil contempt has been defined as wilful disobedience to any judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other process of a court or wilful breach of an undertaking given to a court.

Under the Global and All-Inclusive Agreement, signed on 17 December 2002, in Pretoria, there was to be one President and four Vice-Presidents, one from the government, one from the Rally for Congolese Democracy, one from the MLC, and one from civil society.

Under the apartheid era, the Afrikaner National Party moved to weaken the judiciary in favor of Dutch-inherited civil law, a stronger legislature and juries of elected officials, all dominated by the National Party.

Under the protectorate, French civil servants allied themselves with the French settlers ( colons ) and with their supporters in France to prevent any moves in the direction of Moroccan autonomy.

Under Chinese influence, the first European power to successfully implement a merit-based civil system was the British Empire, in their administration of India.

Under the constitution, North Korea has an unusual legal system based upon German civil law and influenced by Japanese legal theory.

Under Nationalist rule, the mainlanders dominated the government and civil services.

Under the Clayton Act, only civil suits could be brought to the court's attention and a provision " permits a suit in the federal courts for three times the actual damages caused by anything forbidden in the antitrust laws ", including court costs and attorney's fees.

Under the guidance of the Reagan administration, the United States also provided support to RENAMO, which sustained a civil war against FRELIMO until a Peace Accord was signed in October 1992.

Under the 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution, federal courts are generally prohibited from exercising jurisdiction in civil lawsuits for money damages between a state government and a private party.

Under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, federal trial courts are prohibited from considering matters already resolved in a state court civil action that is in the nature of an appeal, even on an issue of federal law.

Under Sarbanes – Oxley, two separate sections came into effect — one civil and the other criminal.

Under the new King Percy had extensive civil and military responsibility in both the east march and in north Wales, where he found himself under increasing pressure as a result of the rebellion of Owain Glyn Dŵr.

Under his adroit leadership the north-west escaped the worst horrors of decades of civil war that devastated other parts of England and his family “ helped bring a degree of cultivation and refinement to the north-west ”.

Under Fujimori local governments retained minimal legal authority including fees for utilities, basic civil registries, and management of public spaces and markets.

Under the Charter, people physically present in Canada have numerous civil and political rights.

Under DOMA, the federal government does not recognize same-sex marriages or civil unions, even if those unions are recognized by state law.

The Under Secretary's Lodge was formerly the Dublin residence of the British Under-Secretary for Ireland ( the British Administration's chief civil servant ).

Under Queen Anne holders of many civil and Military were required to take oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration, attend an Anglican Church of Ireland eucharist service and declare against the catholic beliefs in transubstantiation.