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ShareAccounts of undercover operation to root out plot to free Federal prisoners
In Nov. 1863, Col. R.T.P. Allen sent out a few men to discover the details of a plot to liberate the federal prisoners at Camp Ford, Texas, seize the arms at the arsenal, burn the town and march toward Monroe, LA. This file includes the affidavits.
Found in Confederate Citizens File
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