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George W. Harris

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Full name:George Harris
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Virginia
Time Imprisoned:
8 Months 22 Days
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Biography

George W. Harris, of Loudoun County, Virginia, was a Baptist minister seized as a hostage with the Loudoun County 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 Baptist minister seized as a hostage with the Loudoun County party.
Arrested: Sep 10, 1864
Incarcerated: Sep 10, 1864
Released: June 1865
Institution State: Delaware