Counterfeiting and Forgeries
Information about Counterfeiting and Forgeries in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

 Written Accounts

1863-01-10, Richmond Dispatch; Slave who killed infant executed just east of Alms House. City Battalion detachment present
1863-01-16, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor’s Court: drunk soldier smashes up City Railway car, slave of Wm. Lumpkin “ordered a thrashing” for assaulting a white person; General Winder’s office now on Main St., man who shot the little boy near the basin found
1863-01-19, Richmond Dispatch; very large Castle Thunder list
1863-01-24, Richmond Dispatch; man arrested for forgery & fraud put into Castle Lightning, in charge of Lt. Booker
1863-02-19, Richmond Dispatch; breakout at city jail. Inattentive members of City Battalion jailed and court martialed. One of escapees was Samuel Blake, charged with stealing $200 worth of clothing belonging to Capt. Wm. M. Blackford.
1863-02-21, Richmond Dispatch; partial list of Castle Thunder arrivals
1863-02-23, Richmond Dispatch; Charlotte Gilman (witness in case) released after 8 mos. in Castle Thunder
1863-02-24, Richmond Dispatch; Five N.C. Unionists into Castle Thunder; Benj. Thicker, in Castle Thunder for furlough forgery, died there 2/23
1863-02-27, Richmond Dispatch; Jno. Stephens, I1Ga into Castle Thunder for forging & selling discharges
1863-03-10, Richmond Dispatch; dozen new prisoners at Castle Thunder

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