Civil War parole document, 1865

Scope and content:

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

Language:

English

Other descriptive data:

Certificate of Release of Prisoner of War.

I hereby certify that Benjamin T. Holliday of the County of Frederick, State of Virginia, Prisoner of War, has this day taken the Oath of Allegiance to the UNITED STATES, and has subscribed to the same in the books of this Office, and also on the back of this Certificate.

He is therefore in accordance with instructions from the War Department released and discharged.

By Command of

[oath on back] United States of America

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this third day of June A. D. 1865.

The above-named has light complexion, light hair, and blue eyes; and is five feet nine (9) inches high.

Subjects:

United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Prisoners and prisons
Oaths
Military records
Pardons

Places:

Point Lookout Prison Camp (Md.)

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