Share"Swept away by the tide..." Franklin Thompson requests amnesty, May 7, 1866
A good example of an amnesty request, Franklin Thompson of Onslow County, NC, states that he was "bitterly opposed" to secession but "like others was swept away by the tide."
Found in Confederate Amnesty Papers
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