Biography
Henry M. Warfield was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates arrested in the September 1861 federal sweep of the legislature and imprisoned without charge at Fort McHenry and Fort Warren.
Marshall reproduces Colonel Dimick’s November 27, 1862 release certificate naming Henry M. Warfield. Howard’s accompanying narrative says the end of captivity was announced on November 26 after receipt of the release telegram, with the certificate supplied the following morning. The certificate on printed page 710 identifies Henry M. Warfield, whereas the earlier list on page 369 prints Henry M. Carfield. Source: American Bastile, printed pages 369–370 and 710–711, https://archive.org/details/americanbastile00marsgoog/page/n727/mode/2up. The Fort Warren political-prisoner return dated April 15, 1862 records this individual’s commission disposition as: “Refused parole.” The report date is not an exact release date. An offered parole, unaccepted order, or not-examined marker does not establish release or uninterrupted physical imprisonment through that day. Source: Official Records, Series II, Volume II, printed page 285, https://archive.org/details/cu31924079570242/page/n300/mode/1up.
The Maryland Center for History and Culture catalog describes Henry M. Warfield’s February 22, 1862 letter to Colonel Justin Dimick as explaining his refusal to accept parole and recounting arrest at midnight on September 12, 1861, followed by confinement at Fort McHenry, Fortress Monroe, Fort Lafayette and Fort Warren. This is the archive’s summary of a two-page letter, not a newly examined transcription; no individual transfer dates or release date are inferred from it. Source.
