Executions
Information about executions in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1879-11-06, Weekly Kansas Chief (Troy, Kan.); Castle Thunder has burned down – brief history of the prison
1883, Southern Historical Society Papers 11 (1883), pp. 83-92; Burrows, J. L. "Recollections of Libby Prison."
1889-08-15, National Tribune; part two of a two-part memoir by Capt. J. W. Chamberlain, 123rd Ohio, describing at length his imprisonment in Libby Prison
1891-08-20, National Tribune; good account of life in Richmond prisons in 1861
1895-09-08, Richmond Dispatch; description of the wartime hanging of Louis Napoleon near the Alms House. Napoleon was convicted of counterfeiting. Also describes the trial of his confederate George Elam
1899-09-28, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond” part eight of serialized account. Describes the capture and execution of Timothy Webster, the Libby Prison escape (mentions prisoners being aided by Van Lew)
1902-07-06, Richmond Dispatch; editorial column dismissing the story of Miss Van Lew’s secret chamber, and denigrating her wartime service
1905-11-16. National Tribune; account of a civilian's stay in Castle Thunder in 1862. Gives a good physical description of the prison, and describes meeting Timothy Webster while there
1911-06, Harper's Monthly Magazine, pp. 86-99; Beymer, William Gilmore. "Miss Van Lew."
1911-12-11, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Pryce Lewis, formerly a Pinkerton spy, and confined in Libby Prison during the war, commits suicide in New York

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