David Sheean

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

Marshall describes Sheean as a Galena, Illinois lawyer arrested on August 28, 1862 on an order alleging disloyal practices. He connects the arrest to Sheean's legal action against local men for a client's false imprisonment. Sheean was confined at Fort Lafayette and refused an oath or parole he thought implied wrongdoing. The narrative says he was unconditionally discharged the day after his December 13, 1862 refusal of parole. Source: John A. Marshall, American Bastile (1869), printed pages 451-462, https://archive.org/details/americanbastile00marsgoog/page/n466/mode/1up.

Case

Fort Lafayette
Charges: Wartime political detention; the cited account does not establish a criminal conviction.
Arrested: Aug 28, 1862
Released: Dec 14, 1862
Sentence: Wartime detention; exact custody endpoints are not established in the cited account.
Institution State: New York

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