Camp Jackson - Parole list

[JacksonGuards]

Anyone have any info or thoughts on where to find the list of parolee's from Camp Jackson?

 

[19thGeorgia]

Give us more details. Which Camp Jackson?

 

[JacksonGuards]

Camp Jackson near St. Louis, Mo.
Nathaniel Lyon surrounded the small encampment on the basis that he thought, and rightfully so, that Daniel Frost's command there would raid the nearby arsenal, leading to The Camp Jackson Affair. I'd like to find out more about the make up of men in the camp. I find random info from Missouri State Guard and later Missouri Confederate Units, where so and so was at Camp Jackson. But instead of working backwards, which may be the only way, I'd like to know where that parole list may be found, if at all. It seems that I've seen other posts regarding parole lists, however I've never actually seen one. For example the parole list from Vicksburg.

 

[JacksonGuards]

There also seems to be confusion as to how many men were in the camp, either when it was at its peak, or the day of Lyon's encirclement. Does anyone know of any rolls that Frost's command may have made up to the time of the "capture"?

 

[UCVRelics]

There also seems to be confusion as to how many men were in the camp, either when it was at its peak, or the day of Lyon's encirclement. Does anyone know of any rolls that Frost's command may have made up to the time of the "capture"?

That's going to be a tough one due to the way that whole affair went down. You might have to work backwards and dig thru the Fold3 documents as well as going to the Missouri archives.

For example the parole list from Vicksburg.

Here are the Vicksburg parole list.

Confederate Parole Records - Vicksburg National Military Park (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

 

[archieclement]

Anyone have any info or thoughts on where to find the list of parolee's from Camp Jackson?

I haven't ever seen a Parole list. The courts eventually found Lyons actions illegal and the paroles non-binding anyway.

Missouri Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Emmet Macdonald Camp # 1846

Also haven't ever seen any rosters for the prewar MVM or even which specific MVM units had been called up to Camp Jackson.

 

[Lusty Murfax]

I have never come across a parole list either. If memory serves, I believe a good many after their parole joined the Missouri 1st IR with Bowen, reorganized near Memphis and fought their first battle at Shiloh.

 

[19thGeorgia]

Were they paroled?

Frost protested that his men were to be paroled as a condition for release. Harney recommended that munitions of war be confiscated and private property restored, but said nothing about paroles.

 

[archieclement]

Its somewhat mute, they were required to take an oath of allegiance to be released, it would seem the condition of parole.

However Capt McDonald refused and the paroles/oaths were determined to be non binding as there was no legal basis for the attack in the first place. There was no martial law at the time of the attack, Lyon had been advised by the security council how to legally proceed, but the little popinjay disregarded the law, so nothing ended up being binding.

The proper course would have been to have a US Marshall serve a writ of replevin if he suspected stolen property there as he had been advised. having suspicion doesn't allow one to proceed to illegal search and seizure however.

 

[archieclement]

I haven't ever seen a Parole list. The courts eventually found Lyons actions illegal and the paroles non-binding anyway.

Missouri Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Emmet Macdonald Camp # 1846

Also haven't ever seen any rosters for the prewar MVM or even which specific MVM units had been called up to Camp Jackson.

Opps here is a list of least the majority of prewar MVM called up to Camp Jackson

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