POW Exchanges
Information on POW Exchanges in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1862-09-26, Richmond Dispatch; Capt. Henry Wirz has been sent south to forward all remaining POWs to Richmond to be exchanged, and get records on paroled prisoners
1862-09-27, Richmond Dispatch; 150 POWs to be sent to Aiken’s Landing, probably today. 500 more POWs to arrive soon from Gordonsville, and if they arrive in time, may be exchanged
1862-09-29, Richmond Dispatch; 429 POWs arrive 9/28 – nine officers
1862-09-29, Richmond Dispatch; among next batch of northbound prisoners will be A. McMillen & John May, ex-Castle Godwin men now in Castle Thunder. Also Yankee females
1862-09-29, Richmond Dispatch; flag of truce boat has brought 205 Confederates to Richmond - they have been taken to the Soldiers' Home and Camp Le
1862-09-29, Richmond Dispatch; more on Wirz's mission south, and estimates there are 5,000-6,000 remaining Yankee prisoners throughout the South
1862-09-30, Richmond Dispatch; 500 Yankees to go to Varina this week, including many from the Libby Hospital
1862-10-01, Richmond Dispatch; 150 new prisoners at Libby, arrived from Charleston
1862-10-04, Richmond Dispatch; Henry Wirz on special POW duty in south. Capt. Thomas D. Jeffress, 56th Va., in temporary command at Libby
1862-10-07, Richmond Dispatch; 735 USA prisoners sent from Libby for exchange, leaving 212. The prison hospital, lately at Palmer’s factory, will be moved “back to the west end of the Libby building.”

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