Trail transcript and docket for military trial of Daniel Bright, 1863

Authors

Edward Augustus Wild
United States Army

Files

Description

Bright is charged with being a guerrilla and he pleads not guilty. The recto describes Bright's testimony and the testimony of witnesses during the trial. The verso illustrates that Bright was found guilty: Brigadier General Edward Wild of the U.S. Army endorses the execution order: "To be executed tomorrow, Dec. 17, 1863."

Creation Date

12-17-1863

County

Pasquotank County

State/Province

North Carolina

Country

United States of America

Keywords

trail docket, trial, docket, transcript, plead, guerrilla, guilty, not guilty, execution, American civil war, Civil War, U.S. Civil War, North Carolina, Pasquotank County, Pasquotank, Edward Wild, Wild, Army, Daniel Bright, Bright

Resource Identifier

070428-28abWild

Date Digital

10-16-2025

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

History | Military History | Political History | Social History | United States History

Publisher

Wofford College

Format (medium)

manuscript

Format (IMT)

PDF

Language

English

Digitization Specifications

800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is an TIFF; Original converted to JPEG with Irfan View software. Edited for contrast and legibility in Adobe Lightroom.

Source

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. collection of manuscripts and ephemera, Special Collections, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC.

Recommended Citation

Wild, Edward Augustus and United States Army, "Trail transcript and docket for military trial of Daniel Bright, 1863" (1863). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 343.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/343

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