Watch the 2005 Webcast Ex Parte Milligan 76 mb | 27 minutes

Watch the 2004 Webcast Ex Parte Milligan 114 mb | 32 minutes

The Court will continue to hold this re-enactment each March to commemorate the anniversary of this case. We invite classroom teachers, home school groups, history clubs and so forth to contact Dr. Elizabeth Osborn at eosborn@courts.state.in.us if you are interested in participating in future performances. For other field trip programs in the Indiana Supreme Court courtroom, please contact Dr. Osborn or visit http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/trips.html.

Ex Parte Milligan
Historic Case Script and Lesson Materials

The 1871 Ex Parte Milligan case was recreated in the Indiana Supreme Court courtroom in celebration of Benjamin Harrison Day on March 4, 2005.

Description. Lambdin Milligan lived near Fort Wayne, Indiana, and he opposed both President Lincoln and the Civil War. He was very outspoken in his opposition, and after a speech urging people to resist being drafted into the army, he was arrested and brought to Indianapolis for trial. Milligan was arrested by the military and charged with treason. His trial was held before a military tribunal. He was found guilty and sentenced to death. Milligan successfully appealed his case to the U. S. Supreme Court. Following the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, Milligan returned to Indiana for a third and final trial.

Materials. Download the script and create large cue cards so your students can recreate the trial themselves, then use the lesson plan for further study. This lesson plan includes a timeline, vocabulary, information about key people in the Milligan case, applicable Indiana standards, and more.

The following documents are available in Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF formats.

Document Title	WORD	PDF
Ex Parte Milligan Comes to Life [a scripted trial based on the Indiana Civil War case of Ex parte Milligan]
Ex Parte Milligan Teacher Guide [Lesson and background material for teachers]

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You can find information about Harrison by visiting www.presidentbenjaminharrison.org, or by reading some of the following books: ”Benjamin Harrison Our Twenty-Third President,” by Sandra Francis or a biography by Harry Sievers: “Hoosier Warrior,” “Hoosier Statesman,” or “Hoosier President.”

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