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The White Court (1910–21)

Introduction

What was noteworthy about White’s background?

During the Civil War, White was a Confederate soldier who was captured in Port Hudson, Louisiana, where he remained for the rest of the war.

U.S. Supreme Court chief justice Edward White. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection/Library of Congress.
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