President Lincoln banishes Congressman Clement Vallandigham to the Confederacy

Congressman Vallandigham had been found guily of disloyalty in a military court and sentenced to confinement for the duration of the war.  The Ohio Democrat was denied a writ of Habeus Corpus and was slated for imprisonment at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor. Abraham Lincoln adjusted this sentence to one that "put him beyond our lines." Vallandigham arrived under protest in Richmond but soon left for Canada and returned to the United States clandestinely a few months later. (By John Osborne)
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Congressman Clement Vallandigham applies for a writ of "Habeus Corpus" in a Cincinnati court

Congressman Vallandigham had been found guily of disloyalty in a military court and sentenced to confinement for the duration of the war.  The Ohio Democrat applied for an immediate writ of Habeus Corpus before Judge Humphrey H. Leavitt of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Ohio in Cincinnati. His lawyers, led by former U.S. Senator George E. Pugh, argued for his release on constitutional grounds. The action was denied at a lengthy hearing two days later.  (By John Osborne)
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Congressman Clement Vallandigham denied a writ of "Habeas Corpus" in a Cincinnati court

Congressman Vallandigham had been found guily of disloyalty in a military court and sentenced to confinement for the duration of the war.  The Ohio Democrat applied for an immediate writ of Habeas Corpus from the Circuit Court in Cincinnati. At the lengthy hearing two days later, his lawyers, led by former U.S. Senator George H. Pugh, argued for his release on constitutional grounds but Judge Humphrey H. Leavitt rejected the request, holding that the actions fell under the President's war powers. (By John Osborne)
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A Military Commission tries Clement Vallandigham in Cincinnati for "disloyal sentiments and opinions"

At a massive Democratic meeting the week before, Congressman Clement Vallandigham had railed against the war and President Lincoln in deliberate contravention of Army Order Number 38 that banned such anti-administration comments. Arrested and held in the Cincinnati jail, Vallandigham was brought before a Military Commission chaired by General Robert B. Potter.  After a two-day trial and the rejection of a request for habeas corpus, the Democratic congressman was sentenced to "close confinement" for the duration of the war. (By John Osborne)
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Large and angry crowds gather in Cincinnati, Ohio to protest the arrest of Congressman Vallandigham

In the pre-dawn hours a large force of soldiers surrounded the house of Congressman Clement Vallandigham in Dayton, Ohio, broke down the door, and arrested him on a charge of aiding the enemy and weakening the Government.  He was lodged in the Cincinnati jail and immediately large crowds gathered in protest.  A futile attempt was made to rescue him and later that evening a mob attacked and fired the offices of the Republican Cincinnati Journal newspaper.  Troops had be to called out to restore order.  (By John Osborne)
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In the early morning hours, soldiers arrest Ohio Congressman C. L. Vallandigham at his home in Dayton

At a massive Democratic meeting in Mount Vernon, Ohio five days before, Congressman Clement Vallandigham had railed against the war and President Lincoln in deliberate contravention of  the recent Army Order Number 38 that banned such anti-administration comments.  In the pre-dawn hours a large force of soldiers surrounded his house in Dayton, Ohio, broke down the door, and arrested him on a charge aiding the enemy and weakening the Government.  He was lodged in the Cincinnati jail and later tried before a military tribunal. (By John Osborne)
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Before a massive crowd in Ohio, Congressman Vallandigham denounces the war and President Lincoln

At a massive Democratic meeting in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Congressman Clement Vallandigham gave a two hour speech that reflected powerfully his anti-war views and his harsh opinions of Abraham Lincoln.  Speaking specifically of the recent Army Order Number 38 that banned such anti-administration comments as a usurpation of liberty, he said the conflict was "a war for the freedom of the blacks and the enslavement of the whites" and urged Ohioans to vote out "King Lincoln."  The speech led to his arrest and trial a few days later.  (By John Osborne)
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Hiram Burnham, detail

Scanned by
John Osborne, Dickinson College
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engraving
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Yes
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Public
Original caption
Hiram Burnham Fort Harrison September 30, 1864
Source citation
Francis Trevelyan Miller and Robert S. Lanier, The Photographic History of the Civil War, Volume 10 (New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1910), 139.
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