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Information on the City Jail in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.
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1864-09-01, Richmond Dispatch; Stolen items at the upper station house available to those who lost them
1864-09-02, Richmond Dispatch; Man sentenced for the game of faro denied a pardon by the Governor
1864-09-03, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported on September 3, 1864
1864-11-25, Richmond Whig; murder of a little boy by a nurse at General Hospital #9
1865-02-27, Richmond Sentinel; man breaks into Turpin & Yarbrough's factory and steals a pair of shoes
1865-04-21, Boston Liberator; Charles Coffin correspondence from Richmond, 4/5. Mentions black Confederate soldiers, Thomas Morris Chester, ruins of Richmond, Charles Sumner in Richmond, Libby Prison, and Abraham Lincoln
1865-10-30, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; man who escaped from the city jail rearrested, sentenced to Castle Thunder, recognized, and on the way back to jail shot while trying to escape
1865-12-22, Richmond Examiner; City Jail will revert to city control today – names employees
1871-07-18, Richmond Daily State Journal; man beaten and robbed near Chimborazo hill
1871-12-20, Richmond Dispatch; colored woman, beaten and set up by dogs by a man at Chimborazo, arrested as a lunatic
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Castle Lightning
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City Jail
Crew & Pemberton's Warehouse*
Franklin Street Guard House
General Hospital #21*
General Hospital #22*
Grant's Factory*
Harwood's Factory*
Henrico County Jail
Libby Prison
Liggon's Prison*
"Officer's Prison on 18th Street"
Prison Depot*
"Prison opposite Castle Thunder"
Ross Factory Hospital*
Scott's Factory Prison
Second Alabama Hospital*
Smith Factory Prison
State Penitentiary
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