Robberies and Theft
Information about Robberies and Theft in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

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
1864-12-24, Richmond Sentinel; man brought to trial for stealing nitre from the laboratory; four boys sentenced for stealing iron from the Old Dominion Iron Works on Belle Isle
1865-01-18, Richmond Whig; confectioner put into Castle Thunder for refusing to take CS money is freed by Judge Lyons and by the Mayor
1865-01-26, Richmond Whig; barkeeper sent to Castle Thunder for conveying people to Yankee lines and robbing them
1865-02-27, Richmond Sentinel; man breaks into Turpin & Yarbrough's factory and steals a pair of shoes
1865-03-07, Richmond Dispatch; horse stolen from Mrs. Van Lew’s farm in Louisa – offering $1000 reward
1865-03-18, Richmond Sentinel; two negroes who were sentenced to be hanged for burglary are released on the condition that they join T. P. Turner's "black brigade"
1865-03-30, Richmond Sentinel; a free negro in Maj. Turner's battalion grows tired of the drill and decides to walk off with stolen clothes
1865-04-03, Richmond Sentinel; account of the last Mayor’s Court of Confederate Richmond
1865-04-03, Richmond Sentinel; attempted burglary near 8th and Leigh

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