. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . JOHN MINOR BOTTS AND HIS FAMILY—1863 A peaceful scene for Culpeper County, Virginia, whose fair acres were ploughed with shot and shell, andwhose soil was reddened with the blood of its sons, during the year 1863. The firm chin and close-set mouthof John Minor Botts stamp him a man of determination. He disbelieved in the right of secession and loudlyproclaimed his disbelief until he landed in a Richmond jail. When he was finally convinced that he wouldnot be allowed to attack the Confederacy, verbally or otherwise, in the city of R
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . JOHN MINOR BOTTS AND HIS FAMILY—1863 A peaceful scene for Culpeper County, Virginia, whose fair acres were ploughed with shot and shell, andwhose soil was reddened with the blood of its sons, during the year 1863. The firm chin and close-set mouthof John Minor Botts stamp him a man of determination. He disbelieved in the right of secession and loudlyproclaimed his disbelief until he landed in a Richmond jail. When he was finally convinced that he wouldnot be allowed to attack the Confederacy, verbally or otherwise, in the city of Richmond, he betook himselfand his family to Culpeper County, where he talked pretty much as he pleased. Even in Richmond hisdetention was only temporary. Though it was evident that under war conditions many sudden arrestsmust be made, a resolution authorizing the President to suspend the writ of habeas corpus was not passeduntil February 27, 1862. It was a month after this when John Minor Botts was arrested. The Presidentsauthority to suspend the writ was
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