Counterfeiting and Forgeries
Information about Counterfeiting and Forgeries in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

 Written Accounts

1864-03-28, Richmond Whig; man caught stealing locks at Hollywood Cemetery
1864-04-09, Richmond Sentinel; notes on three new soldiers confined in Castle Thunder with details of their transgressions
1864-04-22, Richmond Sentinel; a deserter confined in the "soldier's home" on 7th and Cary streets (probably the former Castle Lightning) leaps out of a three story window, and escapes. He is recaptured and sent to Castle Thunder
1864-07-27, Richmond Dispatch; A soldier from the Louisiana mounted infantry was charged with committing a forgery
1864-08-12, Richmond Dispatch; Member of Crenshaw battery arrested for desertion, forgery, and attempting to kill a man
1864-08-18, Richmond Dispatch; Three soldiers sent to Castle Thunder for desertion and forgery
1864-08-25, Richmond Dispatch; Keeper of a restaurant had a counterfeit one hundred dollar note passed upon him
1864-08-25, Richmond Dispatch; Man arrested on the charge of forgery and desertion
1864-08-29, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 29, 1864 (Mayor still absent)
1864-09-19, New York Herald; notes from an informer on the condition of Lee's Army, the Richmond defenses, feeling against Jefferson Davis, and conditions in Richmond - notes the railroads are very poor, and that 5000 blacks are employed at Tredegar

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