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David Fry

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Tennessee
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Biography

Captain David Fry, an East Tennessee Unionist, led the party that burned the Lick Creek railroad bridge in the November 1861 uprising and then took to the mountains to organize loyalists for the Union army. Captured by the Confederacy in 1862, he was held in a series of Confederate prisons under threat of execution before escaping. He survived the war.

Case

Charges: Led the Lick Creek bridge burning of November 1861 and organized East Tennessee Unionists against the Confederacy.
Incarcerated: 1862
Sentence: Imprisoned in several Confederate prisons; escaped and survived the war.
Convicted: Held by Confederate military authority under threat of execution, 1862