As It Was: Oregon Cavalryman Faces Firing Squad for Desertion
When pro-slavery Oregon Gov. John Whiteaker stalled after President Lincoln called for volunteers at the outbreak of the Civil War, the president pulled federal troops from the state.
As It Was: Oregon Cavalryman Faces Firing Squad for Desertion
When pro-slavery Oregon Gov. John Whiteaker stalled after President Lincoln called for volunteers at the outbreak of the Civil War, the president pulled federal troops from the state.