Escapes
Information about prison escapes in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1862-08-05, Richmond Dispatch; civilians arrested and put in Castle Godwin for assisting the escape of prisoners from the officers' prison on 18th street
1862-08-05, Richmond Dispatch; prisoners from Talbott & Bonn's factory (including Reynolds & McCall) have been removed to Libby Prison, due to an escape at the former place
1862-08-05, Richmond Enquirer; federal officer who escaped from prison recaptured, lists those arrested for abetting the escape
1862-08-06, Richmond Examiner; two of the Yankee officers who escaped from the Officers’ Prison on 18th street were captured in Prince William county, but have escaped again.
1862-08-07, Richmond Dispatch; escaped prisoners from officers' prison on 18th street have been recaptured
1862-08-08, Richmond Dispatch; two Yankee officers who recently were recaptured after an escape attempt, are under close confinement; other escapees with them have just been recaptured
1862-08-08, Richmond Enquirer; escaped federal officers have been recaptured and put in Greanor prison
1862-08-11, Richmond Dispatch; civilians held in Castle Godwin for assisting Federal escapees have been released
1862-08-12, Richmond Dispatch; Sgt. J. Walton, G7GA Battalion recently killed trying to escape from military prison. Not a deserter, but paperless & attempting to rejoin company
1862-08-25, Richmond Dispatch; prisoner at Castle Thunder is shot while trying to escape, though not killed

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