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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02467.28 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Clement L. Vallandigham to James Brooks congratulating him on his speech published in the Journal of Commerce |
| Date | 10 May 1863 |
| Author | Vallandigham, Clement L. (Clement Laird) (1820-1871) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Two notes written in pencil (one beneath docket) indicate that this letter was written to Brooks, a U.S. Representative from New York and fellow Copperhead. Vallandigham, a former United States Senator from Ohio, had recently been arrested for treasonable remarks, and was held in military custody. Writes, "I have just read your speech as reported, (I believe) in the Journal of Commerce, & thank you ten thousand times for it. The whole country responds to you, & indeed, indeed it is time that it should. Not a moment is to be lost. I am still here 'awaiting orders!'- military orders!- court martial orders!" Docket notes that Vallandigham is "an interesting Congressman, and aggressive copperhead." |
| Subjects | Civil War Copperheads Democratic Party Prisoner Prisoner of War Law Military Law Civil Rights Congress Union Forces Confederate States of America Politics Government and Civics Treason Habeas Corpus |
| People | Vallandigham, Clement L. (Clement Laird) (1820-1871) Brooks, James (1810-1873) |
| Place written | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; Law; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Vallandigham was originally sentenced to two years military confinement for his remarks, but was later banished to the Confederacy by President Abraham Lincoln. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |