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

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1862-06-25, Richmond Enquirer; man makes a repeated escape from the C. S. Prison at the corner of 6th and Cary Streets (Castle Booker/Castle Lightning)
1862-06-25, Richmond Enquirer; man shot and killed while attempting to escape from the C. S. Prison at the corner of 6th and Cary Streets (Castle Booker/Castle Lightning)
1862-07-10, Richmond Dispatch; runaway slave from Chimborazo Hospital
1862-07-10, Richmond Dispatch; Dr. Jno. R. Hinton, Howard Hospital, “25th and 26th Streets” north of Main, adv for 2 escaped slaves
1862-07-25, Richmond Dispatch; scathing editorial on poor quality of guards at city prisons – Castle Godwin mentioned specifically
1862-07-26, Richmond Dispatch; Castle Godwin escapee recaptured on Broad Street, “gloriously corned”
1862-07-26, Richmond Examiner; escapee from Castle Godwin, Lacy, has been re-captured
1862-08-04, Richmond Dispatch; five officers have escaped from prison on 18th street
1862-08-04, Richmond Enquirer; officer escapes from the Officer's Prison on 18th Street - details on the layout of the prison
1862-08-04, Richmond Examiner; five Union officers escape from the officer’s prison on Eighteenth street on two consecutive nights

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