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Information about prison escapes in Richmond, VA during the Civil War
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1863-11-03, Richmond Whig; escapee from Castle Thunder reaches yankee lines
1863-11-03, Virginia Historical Society; J. R. Anderson requests that one of his workers who is confined in Castle Thunder be "returned to his employment." Apparently, this man attempted to desert to the enemy
1863-11-09, Richmond Sentinel; "outbreak" at Belle Isle suppressed
1863-11-16, Richmond Sentinel; Yankees escape from Castle Thunder
1863-11-20, Abington Virginian; 33 prisoners have escaped from Castle Thunder, 23 of them recaptured.
1863-11-26, Richmond Sentinel; brief description of the escape of a Yankee from Castle Thunder
1863-12-05, Harper’s Weekly; article describing Belle Isle, and providing a highly propagandized engraving of the prison camp. Article describes suffering on Belle Isle, and mentions that 43 men are dying in Richmond hospitals each day
1864-01-12, Richmond Dispatch; escape from Castle Thunder
1864-01-16, Richmond Sentinel; 18 yankees escape from building across street from Castle Thunder
1864-01-16, Richmond Whig; eighteen Yankee deserters escape from the prison opposite Castle Thunder by cutting through the wall into an adjacent commissary warehouse
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