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

Written Accounts

1864-11-10, Richmond Sentinel; details on three recent Castle Thunder inmates
1864-11-14, Richmond Sentinel; three workers from Tredegar arrested while attempting to go over to the enemy and are put in Castle Thunder
1864-11-14, Richmond Whig; two workers at Tredegar captured while going to Yankee lines
1864-11-21, Richmond Sentinel; one of the "street guards" who checks papers was arrested and sent to Castle Thunder for letting a person escape
1864-11-21, Richmond Sentinel; Three people (one of whom was a Tredegar worker) arrested on Williamsburg road for attempting to go to the enemy. They said they were going to visit friends at Chaffin's Bluff
1865-01-22, Richmond Whig; four men arrested as conductors and 7 arrested trying to run through the lines. All taken to Castle Thunder
1865-01-26, Richmond Whig; barkeeper sent to Castle Thunder for conveying people to Yankee lines and robbing them
1865-04-06, Richmond Whig; account of the escape of the prisoners from the State Penitentiary on the night of the evacuation
1865-04-06, Richmond Whig; account of the escape of two unionists from Castle Thunder on evacuation night
1865-05-13, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; escape of Dick Turner from Libby Prison – notes that Judge Ould and Colonel Hatch are also imprisoned there

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