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

Written Accounts

1864-09-05, Richmond Dispatch; Man robbed by Yankee deserters - being a negro he is incompetent to testify against white men so the robbers are released
1864-09-05, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported on September 5, 1864
1864-09-10, Richmond Sentinel; former keeper of "the Rebel House," under the Exchange Hotel and a free negro escape from Castle Thunder and are recaptured
1864-09-10, Richmond Whig; two Castle Thunder escapees caught
1864-09-19, New York Herald; notes from an informer on the condition of Lee's Army, the Richmond defenses, feeling against Jefferson Davis, and conditions in Richmond - notes the railroads are very poor, and that 5000 blacks are employed at Tredegar
1864-10-08, Official Records, Ser. I, Vol. XLII/3, p. 119; prisoners from Castle Thunder have been put into the Richmond defenses in front of Butler
1864-10-23, National Archives, Gen. Wm. M. Gardner CSR, M331; 19th VA Militia is guarding prisoners at Libby Prison and not doing a good job – many desertions, and terrible discipline
1864-10-25, Richmond Sentinel; a deserter from the 28th Alabama is arrested while in Yankee uniform and put in Castle Thunder
1864-11-01, Richmond Sentinel; deserter taken from Castle Thunder and shot in the presence of Fields' Division. He was from the 4th Alabama and had been recaptured in Yankee uniform
1864-11-05, Official Records, Ser. I, Vol. XLII/3, pp. 1202-1203; "Six or seven of the Castle Thunder battalion have deserted to the enemy"

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