Neely's "Fate of Liberty" and Camp Chase

[16thVA]

I have been looking into the issue of civilian arrests in West Virginia by Union authorities, and I found in Kenneth W. Noe's essay "Who Were the Bushwhackers?" this criticism of Mark Neely's book-

All told, the annotated rosters [of Camp Chase] and descriptive lists of prisoners suggest that the contention of Mark E. Neely, Jr., that historians have exaggerated the Abraham Lincoln administration's violations of civil liberties may require readjustment if not significant reevaluation. Apparently unaware of the existence of the rosters, Neely inadvertently plays down Federal arrests in West Virginia while emphasizing similar Confederate activities there. Arrests of secessionist civilians in the region, however, clearly were somewhat more widespread than Neely maintains.

Mr. Neely maintained that the Camp Chase records were lost, but they were in the National Archives while he was writing his book. Since Camp Chase was such a major depot for the imprisonment, not just of Confederate soldiers, but of citizens accused of being "secessionist", do you think this compromises some of Neely's conclusions, such as that-

The Confederate citizen was not any freer than the Union citizen — and perhaps no less likely to be arrested by military authorities. In fact, the Confederate citizen may have been in some ways less free than his Northern counterpart

from his essay "Confederate Bastille", 1993?

[Nathanb1]

I know absolutely nothing about this particular topic...but I remember Elizabeth Pryor telling us at a Roundtable talk that when she did the research for Reading the Man she found a number of excellent documents on Lee which were in the archives during the time many biographies of him were written--and none were even mentioned. It doesn't seem to be a unique phenomenon.

[M E Wolf]

Camp Chase:

O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME 7 [S# 7]
FEBRUARY 12-16, 1862.--Siege and Capture of Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
No. 70. -- Report of Maj. William N. Brown, Twentieth Mississippi Infantry.
RICHMOND, VA., April 12, 1862.
I am directed by his excellency President Davis to make to your Department a report of the part taken by the Twentieth Mississippi Regiment in the engagement with the enemy at Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 13, 14, and 15; also all other facts concerning the investment and subsequent surrender of that post.
[excerpt]
In obedience to my instructions to furnish the Department whatever information I may have of the battle of Donelson, I hereby append an unofficial statement, which I have in my possession, made by W. E. Baldwin, captain of infantry, C. S. Army, colonel Fourteenth Mississippi Volunteers, commanding Second Brigade, Second Division (General Buckner's), Central Army of Kentucky, from October 30, 1861:

FORT WARREN, MASS., March 19, 1862.
To supply an anticipated omission in the future history of our country, it may not be improper here to state that this brigade, composed of the following regiments: Fourteenth Mississippi, commanded by Maj. W. L. Doss; Twenty-sixth Tennessee, commanded by Col. J. M. Lillard; Twenty-sixth Mississippi, commanded by Col. A. E. Reynolds, and Forty-first Tennessee, commanded by Col. R. Farquharson, was temporarily divided in the line around Fort Donelson, the Fourteenth Mississippi and the Forty-first Tennessee being posted on the right wing, under General Buckner's immediate supervision. The Twenty-sixth Tennessee and the Twenty-sixth Mississippi were posted under my own command on our extreme left. These regiments, with the Twentieth Mississippi, Maj. W. N. Brown, which was added to the command, constituted the advance in our attack on the right of the enemy at 6 o'clock on the morning of February 15. They all behaved with great gallantry in a six-hours' combat, which resulted in the total defeat of the enemy's right, whereby a way was opened for the retreat of the army. The opportunity not having been seized, and the enemy, 60,000 strong, having completely enveloped our little force, numbering before the losses occasioned by four days' constant engagement, but 12,000 officers and men, the senior generals, Floyd and Pillow, relinquished the command to General Buckner and made their escape, the former taking with him some 1,500 troops of his immediate command, only leaving Major Brown with the Twentieth Mississippi, who, like veterans, were silently and steadily, though sullenly, guarding the embarkation of troops while their chief was seeking safety.

The command was unconditionally surrendered on the morning of February 16 by General Buckner, who shared the fate of his command. It is unbecoming in soldiers to criticise the conduct of superiors, but when, after rejecting the counsels of juniors, the condition of affairs is placed beyond the power of human means to retrieve, the seniors endeavor to escape responsibility by throwing the same upon the former’s comment is unnecessary.

After surrendering the force was taken on transports, the rank and file separated from the officers. Most of the officers were confined in Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio.

On March 4 the field officers, 50 in number, were brought from that place to this (Fort Warren), where we have since been waiting with patience for the time when we can again strike for our homes and our country's independence.

It may not be improper for me here to state that, should an arrangement be established with the Federal Government for the exchange of prisoners of war, in consideration of the services rendered by this regiment and the further fact that it is mustered for the war, I would request that it be placed first in the list to be exchanged.
Respectfully submitted.

W. N. BROWN,
Major, Twentieth Mississippi Regiment
General GEORGE W. RANDOLPH,
Secretary of War, C. S. A.

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O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME X/2 [S# 11]
UNION CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, NORTH MISSISSIPPI, NORTH ALABAMA, AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA FROM MARCH 4 TO JUNE 10, 1862.--#2
CAMP NEAR COLUMBIA, April 3, 1862.
Major-General HALLECK:
Dispatch of yesterday received. The troops at Camp Chase are only fragments, and scarcely more than enough to guard prisoners. I am taking along the division which I designed to have provisionally in front of Columbia. I am not altogether satisfied to do it, but have diminished the force nearer Nashville to remedy it.
D.C. BUELL.
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O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME X/2 [S# 11]
Appendix -- Embracing communications received too late for insertion in proper sequence.
UNION CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
HEADQUARTERS, May 7, 1862.
Col. W. W. DUFFIELD, Nashville:
Proceed instantly to Louisville and assume command of all troops in Kentucky, except the Seventh Division, under General Morgan, at Cumberland Gap.

You are authorized to appoint provost-marshals and organize provost guards for Lexington and such other places as may be necessary.
You will confer with the Military Board of Kentucky in reference to the condition of affairs and will take promptly and decidedly, though judiciously, such steps as the Government interests and the welfare of the Union seem to demand. Major Bracht, Eighteenth Kentucky Volunteers, now at Lexington, is suggested as a suitable person for provost-marshal of Lexington.

Mr. Temple, president of Military Board, is at Frankfort. Your duties will relate mainly to preserving good order in Kentucky, and the general desires you to act firmly, but discreetly and dispassionately. The troops along the road have been posted to secure these lines, and in using them for your purpose, you must bear this fact in mind, and remove them only temporarily or to make other suitable disposition to secure the routes. All men who are found to be operating against the Government or who are encouraging the rebellion or giving aid and comfort to the enemy must be arrested and sent to Camp Chase. You will not of course act on mere suspicion in these matters, but must not hesitate when the case is plain. It is possible that you may encounter a minor degree of organization or association among Kentucky rebels, but it is more probable that you will have to deal only with individual secessionists.

Report by telegraph and mail frequently and on receipt of this.
JAMES B. FRY,
Chief of Staff.
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Correspondence, orders, and returns relating specially to operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland from March 17 to September 2, 1862.
UNION CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.--#15WASHINGTON, June 7, 1862.
Brigadier-General KELLEY,
Cumberland:
I have ordered today one regiment from Camp Chase, in Ohio, to Cumberland, and will order another next week. They are designed to be employed in guarding the railroad. You are authorized to raise a regiment in your district by recruits, if it can be done in thirty days, and be ready to be mustered into the service in that time.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
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O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME XIII [S# 19]
CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING SPECIALLY TO OPERATIONS IN MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, KANSAS, THE INDIAN TERRITORY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST FROM APRIL 10 TO NOVEMBER 20, 1862.
UNION CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. -- #15
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 6, 1862.
Major-General POPE, Saint Paul, Minn.:
Arms and artillery have been ordered to Dakota. I am informed that the War Department has instructed the Governor of Dakota in regard to raising troops. No more brigadier-generals can be assigned to your department. The Secretary of War has given instructions to General [Lewis] Wallace in regard to paroled troops at Camp Chase.
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief.
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O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME XVI/1 [S# 22]
JULY 4-28, 1862.--Morgan's first Kentucky raid.
No. 1.--Reports of Brig. Gen. Jeremiah T. Boyle, U. S. Army, commanding at Louisville, Ky., with resulting orders and correspondence.

CINCINNATI, July 12, 1862-12 p.m.
I received the following:
LOUISVILLE, July 12.
Mayor HATCH:
Send artillery to Lexington and as many men as possible by special train without delay.
J. T. BOYLE,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
I have been in communication with General Boyle. He wants assistance. Five hundred men go to-night from here and Camp Dennison. Governor Tod says he sends force and 1,000 stand of arms from Camp Chase. General Boyle says Governor of Indiana sends a regiment; to be in Louisville to-morrow morning. Great excitement here. Meeting called for to-morrow morning.
Have you about fifteen 12-pounders, new?
GEORGE HATCH,
Mayor.
Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.


AR DEPARTMENT,July 12, 1862.
General J. T. BOYLE, Lexington, Ky.:
The mayor of Cincinnati has just sent the following telegram to the Department:
CINCINNATI, July 12.
Brigadier-General Boyle, Lexington. Ky., asks me to send artillery and men without delay. What shall I do? Have called public meeting.
GEORGE HATCH,
Mayor.
To-day you telegraphed me from Louisville announcing the rout yesterday of part of Morgan's force and that you had ordered attack to be made on his main force to-day. The Department has received no further information from you. What means this sudden call on the mayor of Cincinnati to send men and artillery immediately and why have you not advised this Department of the real or supposed necessity for such a step?
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War

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NASHVILLE, July 13, 1862.
I have the honor to forward the following dispatch just received:
LOUISVILLE, 13th.
Morgan's force is increasing. The rebels are rising in the counties on the Ohio. The State will be under the domination of Morgan in a few days. He will take Frankfort and Lexington if forces are not sent immediately.
J. T. BOYLE,
Brigadier-General.
Capt. OLIVER D. GREENE,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
OLIVER D. GREENE,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Col. J. B. FRY.
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LOUISVILLE, July 13, 1862.
Morgan has invaded Kentucky with 3,000 men, robbed the bank, and is murdering and stealing everywhere. My force is inadequate to drive him out. Can you not send us assistance? If you can throw a heavy force in his rear he can be cut off.
J. T. BOYLE,
Brigadier-General.
Major-General HALLECK.

continued

[M E Wolf]

O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME XVI/1 [S# 22]
AUGUST 18, 1862.--Surrender of Clarksville, Tenn.
No. 2.--Reports of Col. Rodney Mason, Seventy-first Ohio Infantry, with War Department General Orders, No. 115, of 1862.
CAMP CHASE, Columbus, Ohio, August 27, 1862.
GENERAL: Pursuant to your orders I reported with paroled prisoners at Benton Barracks, and then, by order of Major-General Halleck, proceeded with them to this camp.

Before receiving your command, through Colonel Lowe, to leave Clarksville I had repeatedly asked re-enforcements from General Buell, whose stores were accumulating at that point to a considerable amount. After receiving that order I went to Nashville, and explained fully to Major Sidell, Fifteenth U. S. Infantry, acting assistant adjutant-general to General Buell, the situation of affairs. I told him that forces had been collected; that Lieutenant-Colonel Bristow, of the Kentucky cavalry, had sent me notice they were going to attack me; that I should be attacked in overwhelming numbers, and would not hold myself responsible for the stores, but would hold my camp against infantry. He still insisted on my remaining until you were heard from, and I consented. I received your orders to remain on the day I had fixed for departure.

On Monday, August 18, I had, according to the morning reports, for duty: Commissioned officers, 18; enlisted men, 225; on extra duty, 36; sick, 34; in arrest, 7; total, 320. The extra-duty men were at the stables and post commissary and quartermaster's offices in the city.

little before 9 a.m. I was informed that the enemy were in force near town. I immediately started for camp (I was at my headquarters in the city), and arrived there just as the enemy came into the city, a party of about 150 dashing at a gallop for my headquarters, where they had hoped to capture me. The men in camp had been formed (according to instructions previously given by me) by their officers, the immediate command of the camp having been devolved upon Lieutenant-Colonel Andrews.

The enemy halted, deployed a considerable portion of their forces, and held the remainder in mass out of range and under cover of houses, placing a battery in position in a corn field southeast of the college, about which we were encamped. They then sent in a flag of truce, demanding a surrender. I laid the matter before the commissioned officers. While they were considering the matter I returned to the flag and asked whether I would be permitted to verify the statement of their forces. He went away and returned, saying that Colonel Woodward, who commanded the force attacking us, requested a personal interview, to which I saw no objections, and we met midway. I made the same inquiry of him and he assented. I sent Lieutenant-Colonel Andrews to examine and count their force, which he did, and on his return stated that they were over 800 strong one company armed with volcanic rifles (16-shooters); one with Sharps carbines; the remainder of the cavalry with double-barreled shot-guns, and part of the infantry with muskets. They had a battery of three guns, with caissons, in the corn field, but he did not go to them. They were afterward found to be 6 and 12 pounder field pieces. This report was made to the officers, and their vote was reported to me as about three-fourths for surrender and the remainder against
it. I told them to rejoin their companies; that notwithstanding the disparity of force I would fight them.

Before or about the time I reached the flag I was called by Lieutenant-Colonel Andrews, who informed me that owing to the overpowering force opposed, their display of artillery, to which we had nothing to reply, and only brick walls to oppose, the men were found, in some companies at least, to be discouraged, and that the officers unanimously recommended a surrender.

Of the 225 men reported for duty 22 were on river guard, 7 on telegraph guard, and 6 out on telegraph line, repairing it--in all 35; leaving of those who ought to have been in camp 190; but of those only 152 were reported to me as in camp, including the camp guard of 42 men. Where the other 38 were I do not know.

I was then to determine whether I would, with this force of 152 men, or may be 175, by arming prisoners and bringing in men who might not be in line, fight over 800 men, armed as well as we were for the sort of a fight that was impending, most of their men being soldiers of the regular army, who had been sent home to recruit under Johnson, Woodward, and Garth, the 800 being increased by several hundred citizens who had appeared already in arms, and who were being constantly increased by men coming in from every direction. Had it been simply a fight of small-arms there would have been a general willingness to attempt to hold the college against any odds; but their artillery gave them complete control of this, and then we had nothing left. We had, as you are aware, no artillery. A little gun (found at the rolling-mill), that would not chamber a grape-shot, had been sent from Fort Donelson, and mounted on a gun carriage for a 24-pounder, was of no earthly value, and if it had been we had no ammunition for it. All the men in the city, nearly one-third of my aggregate, were already in the hands of the enemy. We had no hope of re-enforcements and no possibility, with the Cumberland and Red Rivers on three sides of us and an enemy indefinite in numbers in front, to retreat. To me then was submitted the question whether, against the judgments of all my commissioned officers, and my own most deliberately formed judgment (for I was dealing with a state of facts that for weeks I bad contemplated and attempted to provide against), I should sacrifice the lives of my soldiers to the hope of retrieving a reputation for myself and survivors. However strongly personal considerations required my making a desperate resistance my conscience required me to surrender, and now, reviewing all the facts, I think I did my duty.

Anxious to save every possible chance, I stipulated that the surrender should not be made until sundown, at which time I yielded my camp, the entire mass of public property outside having been inevitably in the hands of the enemy from the beginning. I advised against giving parole, and refused to give my own, as did also Lieutenant Colonel Andrews, Captain Houck, of Company I, and Lieutenant Hetzler, of Company H, acting commissary of subsistence at the post. Lieutenant-Colonel Andrews afterward made an arrangement for a parole for thirty days, at the end of which time we agreed to report to the officer commanding the Confederate forces at Hopkinsville, Ky. The other officers and the enlisted men gave their parole not to take up arms against the Confederate States until exchanged. These paroles I suppose to be binding, as Lieutenant-Colonel Woodward held the commission as lieutenant-colonel of the C. S. Army, and his men were all regularly mustered into service.

I am, general, respectfully, your obedient servant,
R. MASON,
Colonel Seventy-first Ohio Volunteers.
Maj. Gen. U.S. GRANT,
Headquarters, Corinth, Miss.
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GENERAL ORDERS No. 115.
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJT. GEN.'S OFFICE,
Washington, August 22, 1862.
Col. Rodney Mason, Seventy-first Regiment Ohio Volunteers, is, by order of the President of the United States, cashiered for repeated acts of cowardice in the face of the enemy.
By order of Secretary of War:
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
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SPECIAL ORDERS No. 130.
WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, March 22, 1866.
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III. By direction of the President, General Orders, No. 115, August 22, 1862, from this office, relating to Col. Rodney Mason, Seventy-first Ohio Volunteers, is hereby revoked, and he is mustered out of the service of the United States to date August 22, 1862.
* * * * * * * * * *
By order of the Secretary of War:
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME XVI/1 [S# 22]
AUGUST 18, 1862.--Surrender of Clarksville, Tenn.
No. 5.--Report of Maj. William H. Sidell, Fifteenth U.S. Infantry, and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

NASHVILLE, August 20, 1862.
GENERAL: Five companies Seventy-first Ohio, 350 men; one small gun, with intrenchments and rifle pits, captured without resistance on Monday noon. Enemy entered suburbs at 10; sent flag of truce and received capitulation at 12.

Steamboat Fisher just coming up with corn and oats and other stores taken and grain thrown in river. Mason and his men sent down (destination Camp Chase)with Confederate guard as far as latter could safely go. Enemy only 300 strong, all cavalry, under Johnson, Woodward, and Garth. Nothing but shot-guns, and their vicinity known to Mason at the time. Postmaster, collector, and railroad engineer kept prisoners on demand of citizens, who want to hang them, but Johnson opposes. Half the Confederates left yesterday, supposed for Fort Donselson, and remainder probably went last night. Enemy had no artillery or wagons or respectable arms; came from Hopkinsville and State Line.

Public goods were sold at auction; private respected. The wires were cut both ways prior to attack.
Respectfully,
W. H. SIDELL,
Major, Fifteenth U.S. Infantry, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.
Maj. Gen. D.C. BUELL.
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HEADQUARTERS,
Huntsville, August 6, 1862.
General THOMAS,
Commanding First Division, Decherd :
Send the guerrillas to Camp Chase when you have proof that they are such.
JAMES B. FRY.
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O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME XVI/2 [S# 23]
CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN KENTUCKY, MIDDLE AND EAST TENNESSEE, NORTH ALABAMA, AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA FROM JUNE 10 TO OCTOBER 31, 1862.
UNION CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.--#14
HUNTSVILLE, August 13, 1862.
Major SIDELL:
Colonel Miller to leave no one at Gallatin. Report at once all the facts and details connected with the surrender of Gallatin. Have the paroled prisoners brought to Nashville and arrest Colonel Boone. Keep him and the other field officers at Nashville and send the remainder of the prisoners on a boat to Indiana under escort, to go direct to Camp Chase. Don't let them stop in Kentucky.
JAMES B. FRY,
Colonel and Chief of Staff.
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[M E Wolf]

O.R.--SERIES II--VOLUME II [S# 115]
Suspected and Disloyal Persons
Cases of Rio H. Stanton and others.
[excerpt]

William T. Casto was arrested at Maysville, Ky., his residence, on the 2d day of October, 1861, by order of General Nelson as being one of a clique of rebels there who were fomenting treason and disturbance in Eastern Kentucky. He was sent to Camp Chase in Ohio and subsequently to Fort Lafayette at General Nelson's request.
[excerpt]
Isaac Nelson was arrested by order of General Nelson in Kentucky in October, 1861, and sent to Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, and from thence transferred to Fort Lafayette. GeneralNelson writing to the Secretary of State under date of 29th of November, 1861, says:
In October last for reasons that met the approval of the War Department I arrested and sent to Columbus, Ohio, the following active secessionists, viz, R. H. Stanton, William Hunt, William T. Casto, Isaac Nelson, George Forrester, B. F. Thomas and James H. Hall, and I beg to request that these men with the exception of R. H. Stanton may be released on their taking the oath of allegiance.

B. F. Thomas was arrested by order of General Nelson at Maysville, Ky., and committed to Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, October 2, 1861, and from thence transferred to Fort Lafayette. He was charged with fitting out men and raising money for the rebel government. An order was issued from the Department of State dated December 4, 1861, directing Colonel Burke, commanding at Fort Lafayette, to release Thomas on his taking the oath of allegiance stipulating that he will neither enter any of the States in insurrection against the United States nor hold correspondence with persons residing in those States nor do any act hostile to the United States. He was accordingly released December 7, 1861.

William Hunt was arrested in Kentucky by General Nelson about October 1, 1861, taken to Camp Chase in Ohio, and afterward transferred to Fort Lafayette. He was charged with being a violent secessionist and attempting to aid the rebels with money and with recruiting men for the Confederate Army. He was released by order of the Secretary of State December 7, 1861, on taking the oath of allegiance.

James H. Hall was arrested October 2, 1861, at Maysville, Ky., by General Nelson, committed to Camp Chase and afterward transferred to Fort Lafayette by order of the Secretary of State. Hall was charged with having strong secession sympathies and with assisting the rebels with money and men. He was released December 7, 1861, by order of the Secretary of State on taking the oath of allegiance.

The first information the Department of State had concerning this man [William B. Telle] was a letter from General W. Nelson dated October 5, 1861, directed to Hon. S. P. Chase and referred to this Department, in which General Nelson says he arrested Telle and others on the 2d instant on a charge of fitting out men for the Southern army, subscribing moneys, &c., and asking his release at the request of his Union relatives; that he will be kept under surveillance, &c. An order was issued from the Department of State dated October 5,1861, directing A. C. Sands, U.S. marshal of Ohio, to release Telle on his taking the oath of allegiance, engaging not to enter or hold correspondence with any insurrectionary State during the present insurrection. He was accordingly released October 17, 1861.--From Record Book, State Department, "Arrests for Disloyalty."
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O.R.--SERIES II--VOLUME II [S# 115]
Miscellaneous Union Correspondence, etc., Relating to Political Arrests During the First Year of the War.--#2
COLUMBUS, August 14, 1861.
Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War:
We have several prisoners confined at Camp Chase charged with various crimes. I now send you inclosed a statement(+) of the accusations made against them by the different persons by whom they were arrested. I desire to be informed what shall be done with them.
Three of the prisoners are confined for the crimes of murder and rape. Shall they be delivered over to the civil authorities of the State in which the crime was committed, or to be tried here by court-martial?
Several of the prisoners are only accused of an expression of opinion in favor of the rebels without overt act of treason against the Government. What course is to be adopted as to prisoners of this class? Shall they be discharged on taking the oath to support the Constitution of United States or detained as prisoners of war?
Others are charged with overt acts of treason. What shall be done with this class of prisoners? Shall they be handed over to the Federal courts for trial for treason or for the present detained as prisoners of war?
I would be very glad if you would inform me of your conclusions as soon as possible as prisoners are accumulating very rapidly on our hands. You will please indicate at the bottom of the statement as to each prisoner what I shall do with him.
Respectfully, yours,
W. DENNISON,
Governor.

[M E Wolf]

O.R.--SERIES II--VOLUME II [S# 115]
Miscellaneous Union Correspondence, etc., Relating to Political Arrests During the First Year of the War.--#10
[Inclosure No. 1.]
List of prisoners other than prisoners of war discharged from Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor, between July 22, 1861, and February 17, 1862.
-------------Confined.------------- --------------Discharged.---------------
Name. When. By whom. When. By whom.
Purcell M. Quillen July 22, 1861 General Scott Aug. 7, 1861 General Scott.
Dr. Edward Johnson Aug. 1, 1861 General Dix Sept. 17, 1861 Secretary of State.
T. C. Fitzpatrick do do Aug. 19, 1861 General Scott.
Charles M. Hagelin do do Oct. 24, 1861 Secretary of State.
[huge list massive excerpt]
John Pinn (colored) Do. William Joy(*) Do.
Oliver N. Bryan(*) Jan. 31, 1862 William Ogden(*) Feb. 19, 1862
Josiah E. Bailey(*) Feb. 1, 1862 R. D. Shepard, jr(*) Jan. 1, 1862
George Talbot.(*) Feb. 3, 1862 A. Shepard(*) Do.
W. I. Rasin(*) Do.

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O.R.--SERIES II--VOLUME II [S# 115]
Memoranda of Various Political Arrests--From Record Book, U. S. Department of State, "Arrests for Disloyalty."--#2
The Department of State has no information in relation to this person [William T. Glassell] except that he is mentioned in the list of prisoners confined at Fort Warren as being from Alabama and having been arrested December 4 and committed to the fort December 5, 1861, by order of the Secretary of the Navy. A letter addressed to him designated him as of the late East India Squadron. (Released July 31, 1862, to be exchanged.)
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This man [Thomas Newman] was arrested by John Burt, deputy U.S. marshal at Albany, December 6, 1861, and committed to Fort Lafayette by order of the Secretary of State. He was charged with enticing soldiers to desert from the service. An order was issued from the Department of State dated January 16, 1862, directing Col. Martin Burke, commanding, at Fort Lafayette, to release Newman on his taking the oath of allegiance stipulating that he will do no act hostile to the United States during the present insurrection, &c. He was released January 19, 1862.
[extensive list of like styled names, circumstances of arrest and release dates]