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Harkins Scott

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Maryland
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 2 Months 26 Days
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Biography

Harkins Scott was a Maryland legislator arrested in the September 1861 federal sweep of the state legislature and held without charge at Fort McHenry and Fort Warren.

Case

Fort Warren
Charges: No formal charges — held without charge
Arrested: September 1861
Incarcerated: September 1861
Released: Nov 27, 1862
Sentence: Held at Fort McHenry and Fort Warren. Verdict as recorded: No — held without trial as a political prisoner and released. Charges as recorded: No formal charges — held without charge after the September 1861 arrest of the Maryland legislature
Convicted: No
Institution State: Massachusetts