Record #:

19574

Author(s):

De Roulhac Hamilton, J.G.

Abstract:

Randolph Shotwell served time at three different Federal prisons during his lifetime and recorded his experiences at each. Captured during the Civil War in 1864 he was first confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, then was moved to Fort Delaware where he remained until the end of the war. In 1871 he was convicted on false evidence in the Ku Klux Conspiracy and sentenced to six years at the Federal Penitentiary in Albany, NY before being pardoned by President Grant after serving two years. An examination of his time at Point Lookout is presented in this first installment.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 2 Issue 2, April 1925, p147-161, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons