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The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 187 1 Browse Search
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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 21: practice of the law. (search)
any force and effect to their decrees? I argued that the court could not take judicial notice of the fact that the courts of Indiana was open; all they could have notice of was that the court ought to have been open, as peace ought to have reigned in Indiana, but it did not. I take the liberty to remark here, that during the whole War of the Rebellion the government was rarely ever aided by the decisions of the Supreme Court, but usually was impeded and disturbed by them. After I left Baltimore Chief Justice Taney issued a habeas corpus to release a secessionist who had been captured and was held by the orders of the President of the United States. So that the President was obliged to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in order to relieve himself from the rulings of that chief justice who delivered the opinion substantially that the negro had no rights that a white man was bound to respect. While I remained in Washington, I was trying cases before the supreme court of the dist
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, chapter 24 (search)
t they were the first organized armed force marched into Washington for its defence. I seized Annapolis, one capital of Maryland, and held it, and thus opened and held open a way for the transportation of Northern troops to the capital, which insured its safety. I occupied and fortified the heights at the Relay House, and so prevented an assault upon Washington from Harper's Ferry, which the rebels had captured and were occupying for that purpose. From thence I made a descent upon Baltimore and established it a Union city, which it always remained. These movements prevented the secession of Maryland, and held her loyal during the war. At Fort Monroe I first declared the legal principles by which, under military law, slaves could be set free, and thereby made the President's proclamation of emancipation possible. Within forty-five days after the fall of Sumter, without orders from anybody having a technical military education, of my own motion, I seized and strongly for
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Index. (search)
148-149; by northern newspapers for seizing Baltimore, 227; by northern newspapers for Big Bethel of 1850, 114; Australian criticised, 115. Baltimore, passage of Sixth Regiment through, 175, 181lader, General, ordered to relieve Butler at Baltimore, 237, 240. CAeSAR, Butler reads, 868. es to order Colonel Jones to proceed through Baltimore, 176. Davis, Flag-Officer, before Vicksbual Convention, Charleston, 134; adjourned to Baltimore, 142-144; Chicago, 631; reference to, 713. pshire, 57. Hinks, Gen. E. W., march from Baltimore to Washington, 200, 202; embarks at Fortress New Orleans, 432. K Kane, Marshal, of Baltimore, interview with,233. Kautz Cavalry, referion, 142; sends despatch to Colonel Jones in Baltimore, 180; disciplines Lieutenant-Colonel Keyes, ns from, 226-227; rebukes Butler for seizing Baltimore, 235, 239; assigns Butler to Fortress Monroe0; leaves for Washington, 174; march through Baltimore, 176, 180, 205; ordered to Relay House, 225;[4 more...]
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