Dow v. Johnson
Supreme Court of the United States
■ Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maine. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court 1
100 U.S. 158 (____)
Dow
v.
JOHNSON.
Supreme Court of United States.
The case was argued by The Attorney-General and Mr. E.B. Smith, Assistant Attorney-General, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Thomas J. Durant for the defendant in error.
2Opinion of the Court · FieldJustice Field
The defendant in the court below, the plaintiff in error here, Neal Dow, was a brigadier-general in the army of the United States during the late civil war, and in 1862 and 1863 was stationed in Louisiana in command of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, on the Mississippi River, below New Orleans. These forts surrendered to the forces of the United States in…
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