Parole, Pardon, Pass and Amnesty Documents of the Civil War: An Illustrated History

by John Martin Davis Jr., George B. Tremmel

Overview

This book presents the little-studied story of the history and documents of the pardons, passes, paroles and promises of loyalty used by both North and South. The words of the loyalty oaths required for passes, paroles and pardons grew over time from a few simple lines to several paragraphs. Conditions were added and pre-qualifications modified. This history provides insights into the politics, culture and battlefield realities present during the conduct of the war.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786474417
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	12/09/2013
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late John Martin Davis, Jr., was a retired Dallas tax attorney and CPA who lived in Fort Davis, Texas. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in history by Sul Ross State University. An authority on Texas maps, he was a member of the Philosophical Society of Texas for the Collection and Diffusion of Knowledge. George B. Tremmel is a retired information technology director and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. He has collected and studied Confederate States paper money for more than four decades and has written two award-winning books on counterfeit currency of the Confederacy as well as a number of articles on the subject for Paper Money, the Society of Paper Money Collectors journal.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments iv

Foreword Lawrence S. Rowland 1

Preface 3

Introduction 5

1 Treason 9

2 Promises of Loyalty 14

3 Passes and Paroles 24

4 Presidential Pardons 49

5 Prisoner Oaths 71

6 Paroles on Surrender 92

7 Postwar Amnesty 110

Introduction to the Appendices 139

Appendix 1 Paroles 140

Appendix 2 Passes 146

Appendix 3 Pardons 161

Appendix 4 Promises of Loyalty 166

Ate 185

Bibliography 187

Index 189

Editorial Reviews

richly illustrated...invaluable...interesting and informative”—Civil War News; “Davis and Tremmel have thoughtfully and carefully researched their subject and supplemented their work with visual reproductions of the documents in question. The valuable discussions of legal issues in this book are supplemented by numerous pictures of the documents in question”—Southwestern Historical Quarterly.

From the Publisher

richly illustrated...invaluable...interesting and informative

Civil War News