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Information about prison escapes in Richmond, VA during the Civil War
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1862-05-06, Richmond Dispatch; escapes & attempts, Castle Godwin & “the guard house on Franklin street.”
1862-05-09, Richmond Dispatch; details on a woman arrested for theft at Rocketts, sent to Castle Godwin
1862-05-27, Richmond Enquirer; soldier escapes from the "Confederate Guard House, on Franklin street" and promptly recaptured - he broke his ankle in the escape
1862-05-31, Richmond Dispatch; escape attempt from Castle Godwin
1862-06-02, Richmond Dispatch; Michael Garrity, deserter in Franklin St. Guard House, shot trying to escape
1862-06-06, Richmond Dispatch; Man temporarily escapes from Castle Godwin
1862-06-16, Richmond Dispatch; man escapes from Castle Godwin
1862-06-19, Richmond Dispatch; Fred Keyser, alias Wm. Schultz, escapes briefly from Castle Godwin by putting on blackface
1862-06-19, Richmond Enquirer; man attempts to escape Castle Godwin by blacking his face to look like a negro - recaptured after a chase through Butchertown and "bucked."
1862-06-25, Richmond Dispatch; Georgian confined in the “guard house of the Western District, corner of 6th and Cary,” shot and killed while trying to escape
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