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

Written Accounts

1864-11-10, National Archives; two men arrested near the Chimborazo bath house
1864-11-10, Richmond Sentinel; details on three recent Castle Thunder inmates
1864-11-12, Official Records, Ser. I, Vol. XLII/3, pp. 608-609; mentioned; negro US soldiers used for menial labor
1864-11-14, Richmond Sentinel; three workers from Tredegar arrested while attempting to go over to the enemy and are put in Castle Thunder
1864-11-21, Richmond Sentinel; Three people (one of whom was a Tredegar worker) arrested on Williamsburg road for attempting to go to the enemy. They said they were going to visit friends at Chaffin's Bluff
1864-12-21, Richmond Sentinel; details on two new Castle Thunder inmates; one a "Yankee deserter" who is really a soldier from the 21st Miss., and the other a patient at Jackson Hospital who is charged with larceny
1865-01-12, Richmond Whig; travel along Meadow Bridge, Mechanicville, Nine Mile and Williamsburg roads has been cut off, to prevent “the large emigration of negroes” – paper laments the effect this will have on the city’s supply situation
1865-01-19, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VIII, pp. 93-94; Chaplain of Camp Lee and Carrington write to Sec. of War regarding conditions at Castle Thunder and Libby.
1865-01-22, Richmond Whig; four men arrested as conductors and 7 arrested trying to run through the lines. All taken to Castle Thunder
1865-01-30, Official Records, Paul A. Oliver; Union intelligence report says that Chimborazo, Jackson and Winder have been evacuated for whitewashing.

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