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

Written Accounts

1863-03-14, Richmond Examiner; two Confederate deserters put in Castle Thunder
1863-03-18, Richmond Dispatch; Wm. Campbell, Washington Artillery, escaped from Castle Thunder, recaptured
1863-03-19, Richmond Dispatch; Paroled CS prisoner assaults guard aboard flag of truce ship after being spat upon; 4 new Castle Thunder prisoners, including John Fitzpatrick, A10Va Cav.
1863-03-21, Richmond Dispatch; James Lewis, free negro, into East District Military Prison, charged with leading Yankees into Fredericksburg; also James Hickey, bounty jumper; Wm. H. Carter, soldier, dies at prison hospital, 3/20, typhoid pneumonia
1863-03-23, Richmond Dispatch; 56 men at Castle Thunder sent to Guinea’s
1863-03-25, Richmond Dispatch; George Edwards, D14La., with several aliases, re-arrested after Castle Lightning escape, still at Castle Thunder. Execution date has passed.
1863-03-26, Richmond Dispatch; Sgt. W. R. Hayard, E26Va., died 3/25, illness, Libby Prison Hospital
1863-03-30, Richmond Dispatch; 60 POWs arrive in 3 batches, 3/26-28. All into Libby
1863-04-01, Richmond Dispatch; unnamed person at Minnis & Co’s Gallery adv for substitute
1863-04-01, Richmond Examiner; eight prisoners, including six Yankee deserters, are registered at Libby, from Weldon, N. C.

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