Title	Military Pass for the Morey Family
Description	Small document serving as a military pass allowing Ira Morey, Hannah Morey, two little children, and one son to pass through the Union lines to Louisville, Kentucky, and return within three days. The pass was issued by Brig. Gen. R.S. Granger in Nashville, Tennessee.
Historical note	Ira Morey served as a Presbyterian minister in several states before arriving in Tennessee in 1849. In 1856, he accepted a position with the Abbe Institute, a school for young ladies in Lebanon, Tenn. In 1858, Rev. Morey moved his family to Franklin, Tennessee. In 1865, Hannah Herrick Morey, Ira's wife, made a futile attempt to obtain the release of their son, James Marsh Morey, from the Union prison on Hart's Island, New York.
Date	1863 June 15
Place	Nashville (Tenn.)
Collection name	James Marsh Morey Papers, 1861-1942
Accession number	1972-016
Subjects - LCSH	Civil War in the West; Civil War society; United States - History - 1783-1865; United States - History - 1849-1877; United States History - Civil War, 1861-1865; Louisville (Ky.)
Subjects - TGM	Military occupations Civil Wars War
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#	34167
Microfilm number	1221
Digital type	TEXT
Digital format	TIFF
Media Type	Correspondence
Copyright	No copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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