Benjamin T. Holliday Civil War parole document

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Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
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Preferred citation:

Benjamin T. Holliday Civil War parole document, 1865 June 3. MS 0233. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1 items
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Benjamin T. Holliday Civil War parole document, 1865 June 3. MS 0233. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of one parole document that releases Confederate soldier Benjamin T. Holliday from Point Lookout (Maryland) prison. On the reverse is an oath of allegiance to the United States signed by Holliday.

Biographical / historical:

Benjamin Taylor Holliday was born on February 28, 1845. On June 15, 1861, he enlisted for 1 year as a Private with Company F, 2nd Virginia, and was discharged on December 2, 1861. He entered VMI in January 1862 and left in June 1863.

On September 6, 1863, Holliday enlisted at Culpeper, Virginia for 3 years as a Private with Captain J.W. Carter's Company Virginia Horse Artillery (Captain R.P. Chew's Company, VMI Class of 1862; Captain J.W. Thomson's Company, VMI Class of 1864). He was captured on September 13, 1863 at Culpeper Court House, Virginia, and held at Point Lookout, Maryland. Holliday was released on oath on June 3, 1865.

After the Civil War, Holliday was a traveling salesman and orchardist. He died on April 3, 1918 in Waynesboro, Virginia.

Some records show that Holliday was captured on September 14, 1863. Additionally, his name is sometimes spelled "Holladay."

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks