Visitor's Passes to Prisoners

[Susan Higginbotham]

I didn't see any other names that jumped out at me. The passes are in Record Group 393, E 2131, Old Capitol Prison Visitors' Passes. They're referenced in volume IV, Preliminary Inventory of the Records of United States Army Continental Commands, 1821-1920. I'll send you a scan of the pages from the finding aid the archivist sent to me if you like.

There's some cool stuff from the prison there. There are reports showing the dates on which individual prisoners were released, transferred, or committed (2137, Morning Reports of Prisoners, Jan. 1864-September 1865, and 2130, Lists of Prisoners of State and War Committed and Released, March-Nov. 1865). I had been trying to find a release date for Anna Surratt, and was able to determine that she was released either on May 31 or June 1.