Escapes
Information about prison escapes in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1863-04-11, Richmond Dispatch; 4 men of G25Battalion into Castle Thunder for desertion
1863-04-11, Richmond Dispatch; details on A. C. Webster hanging at Camp Lee. Wrenn’s Henrico Dragoons escorted carriage from Castle Thunder to Camp Lee.
1863-04-11, Richmond Sentinel; details of the execution of Captain Webster, a Castle Thunder prisoner, at Camp Lee
1863-04-14, Richmond Dispatch; Castle Thunder update, including 5 escapers
1863-04-14, Richmond Sentinel; two prisoners escaped from the City Jail; five men escaped from Castle Thunder
1863-04-16, Richmond Dispatch; names of 6 soldiers who escaped from Castle Thunder. Two soldier-forgers also escaped from City Jail
1863-04-18, Richmond Examiner; Two artillerists, including a man from Battery #2, who escaped from Castle Thunder have been recaptured
1863-04-21, Richmond Dispatch; 3 negroes into Castle Thunder caught in Gloucester County
1863-04-29, Richmond Sentinel; two men of the City Battalion have their heads shaved and drummed out of camp for accepting a bribe from a prisoner which allowed him to escape - sent to Camp Lee as conscripts
1863-04, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. V, pp. 871-924; Evidence taken before the committee of the House of Representatives of the Confederate States appointed to inquire into the treatment of prisoners at Castle Thunder (large, pdf attached)

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