Robert Douglas

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

The Reverend Robert Douglas was a Baltimore-area clergyman detained during the federal crackdown on Confederate sympathizers in Maryland and listed among the political prisoners held at Fort McHenry.

Case

Fort McHenry
Charges: No formal charges — detained without charge (federal suppression of secessionist sympathy, Maryland)
Arrested: 1861
Incarcerated: 1861
Released: Nov 27, 1862
Sentence: Held at Fort McHenry. Verdict as recorded: No — held without trial as a political prisoner.
Convicted: No
Institution State: Maryland

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