Romney Expedition Petition
January 25, 1862 On January 25, 1862 officers of the Army of the Northwest requested that Brigadier General William W. Loring petition the Confederate War Department to recall his forces from Romney. January 25, 1862 Brigadier-General LORING, Commanding Army of the Northwest: GENERAL: The undersigned officers of your command beg leave to present their condition…
Schofield’s Dispatch to Grant Assuming Command of the Department of the Ohio
February 9, 1864 On February 9, 1864, Major-General John M. Schofield informed Major-General Ulysses S. Grant that Schofield had assumed command of the Department of the Ohio. KNOXVILLE, February 9, 1864. Major-General GRANT: I arrived here and assumed command this morning. I will report the condition of affairs as soon as possible. J. M. SCHOFIELD,…
Scott v. Sandford
1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford was a historic ruling by the United States Supreme Court that declared that people of African descent were not citizens of the United States and that Congress had no Constitutional authority to regulate slavery in U.S. territories. The U.S. Constitution and Slavery When delegates to the Constitutional Convention assembled in…
Scott v. Sandford (Transcript)
1857 A transcription of the United States Supreme Court's majority decision written by Chief Justice Roger Taney in the case of Scott v. Sandford. DECEMBER TERM, 1856. DRED SCOTT versus JOHN F. A. SANDFORD. Dred Scott, Plaintiff In Error,;v.;John F. A. Sandford. I. 1. Upon a writ of error to a Circuit Court of the…
South Carolina Exposition and Protest
December 1828 In December 1828, United States Vice-President John C. Calhoun anonymously penned two documents collectively known as the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, which outlined his objections to the Tariff of 1828. On May 19, 1828, United States President John Quincy Adams approved "An Act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on…
South Carolina Ordinance of ification
November 24, 1832 On November 24, 1832, a special convention convened by the South Carolina Legislature approved the South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification, declaring the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 to be null and void in the State of South Carolina and threatening secession from the Union if the United States government attempted to use…
Special Field Orders No. __ (Headquarters, Military Division of the West, CSA)
January 23, 1865 On January 23, 1865, General P.G.T. Beauregard issued an unnumbered special field order announcing that Lieutenant General Richard Taylor was replacing General John Bell Hood as commander of the Army of Tennessee. SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS, No. ___ HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF THE WEST, January 23, 1865. ;;;;;;;;;;; I. General J. B. Hood…
Special Field Orders, No. 120 (Division of the Mississippi)
November 9, 1864 On November 9, 1864, Major General William T. Sherman issued Special Orders No. 120, establishing the chain-of-command, objectives, and directives for the Savannah Campaign. [Special Field Orders, No. 120.] HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN THE FIELD, KINGSTON, GEORGIA, November 9, 1864 1. For the purpose of military operations, this army…
Special Field Orders, No. 161 (Department of the Mississippi)
July 16, 1862 On July 16, 1862, Major General Henry W. Halleck expanded the District of West Tennessee commanded by Major General Ulysses S. Grant. Special Field Orders, No. 161 HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Corinth, Miss., July 16, 1862 I. Brigadier-General McKean is assigned to the command of paroled prisoners at Benton Barracks, Saint…