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- GLC#
- GLC08706
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- January 14, 1863
- Author/Creator
- Vallandigham, Clement L., 1820-1871
- Title
- The great Civil War in America : speech of Hon. Clement Laird Vallandigham, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, January 14, 1863
- Pagination
- 16 p. : Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 15.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
In this speech, Vallandigham criticizes President Lincoln's execution of the Civil War. Vallandigham of Dayton, Ohio, was elected to Congress in 1858 as a Democrat. He strongly supported states' rights, including the right to regulate slavery although he was personally opposed to it.
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