Thomas W. Berry

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1800s
State:District of Columbia
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Biography

Marshall describes Berry as a Washington lawyer arrested at his brother's Maryland home on March 25, 1862 and accused of being a Confederate captain. Berry denied any Confederate civil or military service. After detention at military posts and a Washington guardhouse, he was confined in the Old Capitol Prison and discharged on April 12, 1862. Source: John A. Marshall, American Bastile (1869), printed pages 482-486, https://archive.org/details/americanbastile00marsgoog/page/n497/mode/1up.

Case

Old Capitol Prison
Charges: Accused of Confederate military service and treason; the account records Berry's denial.
Arrested: Mar 25, 1862
Released: Apr 12, 1862
Sentence: Wartime detention; exact custody endpoints are not established in the cited account.
Institution State: District of Columbia

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