A confederate in congress
Subtitle: the Civil War treason trial of Benjamin Gwinn Harris
By: Joshua E. Kastenberg
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781476664897
Subjects: Politics and government; United States; Trials, litigation; Officials and employees; Law and legislation; Slavery; Military courts; United States. Congress; Trials (Treason); Secession; Biography; History
Description: "This first ever book-length analysis of the unusual trial examines the prevailing opinions in Southern Maryland and in the War Department regarding slavery, treason and the Constitution's guarantee of property rights and freedom of speech"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-195) and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins of a Maryland secessionist; title: 2. Harris and secession, 1861/1863; title: 3. Congress and the war; title: 4." A damning speech," the roots of a trial; title: 5. The Democratic Party Convention of 1864; title: 6. The military prosecution of a Congressman; title: 7. Aftermath of the trial, 1865/1892.