Executions
Information about executions in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1862-08-22, Richmond Dispatch; counterfeiter to be hung in the "poor-house gulley" (near General Hospital #1)
1862-08-23, Richmond Dispatch; counterfeiter executed in gully east of Alms House. Elliott’s Battalion assists. This is the first counterfeiter executed.
1862-09-15, Richmond Dispatch; prisoner in Castle Thunder has death sentence "respited" by President Davis
1862-09-17, Richmond Dispatch; Patrick McGowan, E59VA, at Castle Thunder awaiting execution for desertion
1862-09-20, Richmond Dispatch; Three men at Castle Thunder to be executed – named. To occur next week at Camp Lee, under G. W. Alexander’s supervision
1862-09-22, Richmond Enquirer; three deserters, confined at Castle Thunder, to be shot at Camp Lee
1862-09-23, Richmond Dispatch; Davis postpones three executions at Camp Lee (prisoners are at Castle Thunder) for 10 days
1862-10-02, Richmond Dispatch; B. W. Rogers, soldier to be shot for desertion at Camp Lee, pardoned on account of previous bravery. Two others, Patrick McGowan & John Kellaher, still to be shot.
1862-10-02, Richmond Enquirer; one deserter, confined at Castle Thunder, pardoned from death sentence. His two rap buddies will be hung soon at Camp Lee
1862-10-04, Richmond Dispatch; Patrick McGowan & John Kellaher, Castle Thunder prisoners, to be shot today at Camp Lee

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