Daniel O'Connor, Roman priest, prisoner

Author: United States. War Dept.
Title: The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (1880 - 1901)
Other Title: Official records of the Union and Confederate armies
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Place of Publication: Washington
Location: Series II, Volume 5, Page 730

Copied from: Cornell University's MoA Multivolume Monographs, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (1880 - 1901)

WHEELING VA., June 1, 1863.

Lieut. Col. W. H. CHESEBROUGH,
Assistant Adjutant-General,

SIR: On the 21st ultimo I had the honor to submit the case of Rev. Daniel O’Connor, late Catholic priest at Weston, Va., sent here as a prisoner by order of Brigadier-General Roberts. Mr. O’Connor has solicited today an early decision regarding himself. As he does not hesitate to follow in the footsteps of his bishop and declares his sympathy with the rebels while claiming that he is not an American citizen, I respectfully suggest that he be ordered to leave this State, and if possible that he be directed to leave the United States. He has relatives in Canada.

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