James M. Williams

Gender:Male
Era:1800s
State:Illinois
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Biography

Marshall identifies Williams as a resident of Spring Garden, Jefferson County, Illinois. He says Williams was arrested at home on September 1, 1862, transported under guard to Washington, and confined with other Illinois detainees in room 16 of the Old Capitol Prison. The account reports release after two months on an allegiance oath and bond, without a trial or specified charges. Source: John A. Marshall, American Bastile (1869), printed pages 449-450, https://archive.org/details/americanbastile00marsgoog/page/n464/mode/1up.

Case

Old Capitol Prison
Charges: Wartime political detention; the cited account does not establish a criminal conviction.
Arrested: Sep 1, 1862
Sentence: Wartime detention; exact custody endpoints are not established in the cited account.
Institution State: District of Columbia

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