St. Louis, Missouri, under Union martial law, had received many refugees who had fled from Confederate control in the south-east of the state. General Henry Halleck ordered a mandatory assessment of relief funds for them from leading St. Louis citizens who openly supported the southern cause. Samuel Engler, a leading merchant, brought his lawyer to contest this arbirary tax and both men were immediately arrested and sent to a military prison. Engler was then ordered out of Union-held Missouri. After this event , the assessments were generally paid. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Frank Moore, ed., The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc. (New York: G.P.Putnam, 1862), IV: 16.
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Lawmaking/Litigating
