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On this day in the Civil War, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney rules that President Lincoln’s suspension of the writ of habeas corpus is illegal.
Taney was the supreme court chief justice during the Dred Scott decision in 1857, which led America closer to Civil War.
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney
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On this day in the Civil War, Union officer Elmer Ellsworth is killed while attempting to remove a Confederate flag from a hotel roof in Alexandria, Virginia. Ellsworth is the first Union soldier killed in combat in the Civil War.
The North makes Ellsworth a martyr for the cause of the Union. President Lincoln was a close friend of Elmer Ellsworth.
Elmer Ellsworth
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On this day in the Civil War, Congressman Clement Vallandigham, a copperhead involved in anti-war activities, is banished to the South under orders from President Lincoln.
Clement Vallandigham
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