Presidential Proclamation Respecting Soldiers Absent without Leave
March 10, 1863 On March 10, 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation offering amnesty to soldiers absent without leave upon returning to … Read more
Price-Harney Agreement
May 21, 1861 Concluded on May 21, 1861, the Price-Harney Agreement was an unsuccessful attempt to maintain peace in Missouri at the onset of … Read more
Price-Harney Agreement (Transcript)
May 21, 1861 Concluded on May 21, 1861, the Price-Harney Agreement was an unsuccessful attempt to maintain peace in Missouri at the onset of … Read more
Price-Harney Truce (Transcript)
May 21, 1861
Prigg v. Pennsylvania
March 1, 1842 In 1842, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the preeminence of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 when it declared a … Read more
Relief Law
1864 Upon becoming Ohio's twenty-sixth governor on January 11, 1864, John Brough sought to aid the Union war effort. He succeeded in enacting a … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more