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F. L. Galleher

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Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Virginia
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Biography

F. L. Galleher, of Loudoun County, Virginia, was a Loudoun County citizen prisoner captured with Gen. Rogers's hostage party. He was held as a civilian political prisoner at Fort Delaware during the U.S. Civil War, detained without trial under the wartime suspension of habeas corpus, and is named among the fellow prisoners in the Rev. Isaac W. K. Handy's 1863–1864 prison diary, 'United States Bonds; or, Duress by Federal Authority.'

Case

Fort Delaware
Charges: A Loudoun County citizen prisoner captured with Gen. Rogers's hostage party.
Arrested: Sep 1, 1864
Incarcerated: Sep 1, 1864
Released: June 1865
Institution State: Delaware