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Mary B. Morris

Released
Gender:Female
Era:1800s
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Biography

Marshall describes Mary B. Morris's arrest in Chicago and confinement at Camp Douglas, followed by transfer to McLean Barracks in Cincinnati. She was accused of conspiring to release Confederate prisoners after giving assistance to escaped prisoners. He reports her release after a confession of giving food, clothing and money, followed by banishment to her father's Kentucky residence. The narrative's month-by-month chronology is inconsistent; no exact custody dates are assigned. Source: John A. Marshall, American Bastile (1869), printed pages 99, https://archive.org/details/americanbastile00marsgoog/page/n112/mode/2up. Marshall is a partisan retrospective source; its allegations are attributed to the author.

Case

McLean Barracks
Charges: Alleged conspiracy to release prisoners from Camp Douglas.
Sentence: Wartime detention described by Marshall; no criminal conviction reported in the cited passage.
Institution State: Ohio