A no-frills day-by-day account of what was happening 150 years ago, this blog is intended to be a way that we can experience or remember the Civil War with more immediacy, in addition to understanding the flow of time as we live in it.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Oct. 14, 1861
Oct. 14, 1861: Pres. Lincoln takes a risky step in deciding to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, under the emergency powers the Constitution gives to the President. Lincoln gives orders accordingly to Gen. Winfield Scott, commander of the Army.
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