| William H. McCardle | |
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| Born | June 1, 1815 Maysville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | April 28, 1893 (aged 77) Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer & Editor |
| Spouse | Annie E. Fort |
| Children | 3 |
William H. McCardle (June 1, 1815 - April 28, 1893) was a writer and editor. In 1866, he was arrested by military authorities under the Reconstruction Act and appealed to the United States Supreme Court in Ex parte McCardle, but the U.S. Congress removed the court's jurisdiction. He was accused of disturbing the peace, inciting insurrection, libel, and impeding Reconstruction for publishing articles denouncing Reconstruction policies and its military commanders. He co-authored a history of Mississippi. He edited the Vicksburg Times newspaper in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Smithsonian has a miniature watercolor on ivory depiction of him.
McCardle was never tried and the charges against him were later dropped. Nevertheless, he was spent three years in prison, not being released until 1869.
He married Annie E. Fort and had three children: Annie F., Battle, and Mary W. He co-authored A History of Mississippi with former Mississippi governor Robert Lowry.
References
- ^ "Collection Description - McCardle (Mrs. W. H.) Photograph Collection". MS Digital Archives.
- Kutler, Stanley I. (1967). "Ex parte McCardle: Judicial Impotency? The Supreme Court and Reconstruction Reconsidered". The American Historical Review. 72 (3): 835–851. doi:10.2307/1846658. JSTOR 1846658 – via JSTOR.
- "William H. McCardle, Habeas Corpus, and Guantanamo Bay". March 27, 2017.
- "William H. McCardle | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu.
- "THE PRECEDENT—1868 McCARDLE CASE". The New York Times. 1964-08-16. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
External links
- Colonel William H. McCardle, C.S.A., carte de visite by Charles D. Fredricks, ca. 1867 at the U.S. Capitol
- 1815 births
- 1893 deaths
- 19th-century American male writers
- 19th-century American historians
- Union army colonels
- Historians from Mississippi
- Historians of the American Civil War
- Historians of Mississippi
- People of the Reconstruction Era
- 19th-century American journalists
- Editors of Mississippi newspapers
- American male journalists
- American prisoners and detainees
- Prisoners and detainees of the United States military
- Neo-Confederates