Aaron Morton

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1800s
State:Pennsylvania
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Biography

Marshall identifies Morton as a Maytown, Lancaster County brickmaker and former Union volunteer. He had been drafted in 1864 but the account says his township filled its quota with recruits. He was arrested on November 7, 1864 and confined in Lancaster County Prison across the election. The narrative records unconditional release on November 10 and alleges the purpose was to prevent Democratic voting. Source: John A. Marshall, American Bastile (1869), printed pages 629-630, https://archive.org/details/americanbastile00marsgoog/page/n646/mode/1up.

Case

Lancaster County Prison
Charges: Wartime political detention; the cited account does not establish a criminal conviction.
Arrested: Nov 7, 1864
Released: Nov 10, 1864
Sentence: Wartime detention; exact custody endpoints are not established in the cited account.
Institution State: Pennsylvania

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