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

Written Accounts

1863-04-02, Richmond Dispatch; Surg. R. A. Lewis, 5th Division Winder Hospital – orders men in private quarters to report
1863-04-03, Richmond Dispatch; E. W. Wood, orderly sergeant at Camp Lee, in trouble for drunkenness
1863-04-06, Richmond Dispatch; Temporarily successful escape, 5 men, from Castle Thunder. City Battalion had recently moved from adjacent barracks behind Castle Thunder.
1863-04-07, Richmond Dispatch; Thos. Kane into Castle Thunder as deserter.
1863-04-08, Richmond Dispatch; Charles Smith, Alexandria Artillery, into Castle Thunder for forgery; A. G. Springer, E1Md, into Castle Thunder for desertion. One other Castle Thunder inmate
1863-04-08, Richmond Dispatch; Various comings and going at Castle Thunder chronicled. 2 citizen prisoners moved from Libby to Castle Thunder
1863-04-08, Richmond Whig; prisoners killed at Castle Thunder
1863-04-09, Richmond Examiner; Castle Thunder items; notes that two members of the city battalion (the guards for the Richmond prisons) have been imprisoned for sleeping at their posts
1863-04-10, Richmond Dispatch; Joseph Donohoe, Letcher Artillery, escaped from guard while being escorted from Court Martial to Castle Thunder.
1863-04-11, Richmond Dispatch; 4 men of G25Battalion into Castle Thunder for desertion

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