 Lincoln suspended the writ of "habeas corpus" and imposed martial law in Baltimore and other portions of the state, ordering the imprisonment of many Maryland political leaders at Ft. McHenry and the stationing of Federal troops in Baltimore.Many Marylanders, including Booth, agreed with the ruling of Marylander and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, in "Ex parte Merryman", that Lincoln's suspension of "habeas corpus" in Maryland was unconstitutional.As a popular actor in the 1860s, Booth continued to travel extensively to perform in the North and South, and as far west as New Orleans.