Fishing Creek Confederacy
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Don.Morfe
N 41° 11.508 W 076° 23.016
18T E 383973 N 4560971
Alarmed about draft resistance, the federal government deployed 800 troops to the Fishing Creek Valley in August 1864 to suppress the opposition.
Waymark Code: WM129P9
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2020
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Fishing Creek Confederacy- Alarmed about draft resistance, the federal government deployed 800 troops to the Fishing Creek Valley in August 1864 to suppress the opposition. Peace Democrats suspected of Confederate sympathies were questioned at the Christian church near this site; 44 were arrested and imprisoned at Ft. Mifflin without access to civil courts. While most supported the Union, they disagreed with Pres. Lincoln’s wartime policies. In 1866, the US Supreme Court declared military arrest & trial of civilians unconstitutional.
Marker Name: Fishing Creek Confederacy
County: Columbia
Date Dedicated: 07/26/2009
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: 90 Mill St. (PA 487), Benton, PA
Category: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Forts, Government & Politics 19th Century, Military
Website: Not listed
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