U.S. Supreme Court Review of the Decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, in the cases of Lambdin P. Milligan and others, the Indiana Conspirators.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08445.02 Author/Creator: U.S. Supreme Court Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Pamphlet Date: 1867 Pagination: 24 p. ; 23 x 15 cm. Order a Copy
Original printing of the Supreme Court's April 3, 1866 decision in Ex Parte Milligan, rejecting the military's claim of legal jurisdiction to try and sentence Lambdin P. Milligan and other so-called "Butternuts," Confederate supporters in southern Indiana. Published by the Union Congressional Executive Committee, Washington, D.C. Printed by Chronicle Print.
In October 1864, Lambdin P. Milligan and two others were tried in an Indiana military court and found guilty of conspiring with the South to set up a "Northwestern Confederacy." All three conspirators were sentenced to hang the following May but Milligan maintained his innocence and his case was reconsidered. Milligan's case was based on the fact that he had been tried in a military court in violation of his civil rights. His execution was postponed and the Supreme Court then ruled in favor of Milligan and the other conspirators, and on April 12, 1866, the prisoners were released.
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