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RBG’s death has me thinking about Supreme Court history. Can anyone tell us about the Civil War Supreme Court? Specifically, were there Southerners on it? Did they remain loyal to the union or leave to join the Confederacy?

by /u/Poobeard76 in /r/AskHistorians

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