Deserters
Information about deserters in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1862-11-03, Richmond Dispatch; list of new Castle Thunder inmates. 9 unnamed deserters from Camp Lee; some disloyal Loudoun county men, & a few others
1862-11-03, Richmond Dispatch; member of the 44th Va (Richmond Zouaves) reprieved from being shot at Camp Lee
1862-11-04, Richmond Dispatch; 6 deserters taken to Castle Thunder, including Jas. Knight, 13 Va; Lewis Hall, Montague’s Battery
1862-11-05, Richmond Dispatch; list of comings and goings at Castle Thunder. Some names & details: 13 deserters received from Camp Lee.
1862-11-05, Richmond Enquirer; soldier tries to escape from Castle Lightning, and seriously injures himself in the process
1862-11-05, Richmond Whig; attempted escape from “the military jail at the corner of Sixth and Cary streets”
1862-11-06, Richmond Dispatch; Names & units of 6 deserters thrown into Castle Thunder, including E. J. Henry, 6th Va. Also 3 Yankee deserters & 2 civilians.
1862-11-07, Richmond Dispatch; 7 Federal deserters put into Libby
1862-11-07, Richmond Dispatch; list of 10 new inmates at Castle Thunder & their offences. Includes Jas. Howard, deserter from Woolfolk’s Battery, & 3 CSN men, all drunk.
1862-11-07, Richmond Enquirer; two federal deserters and one prisoner lodged in Libby Prison

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