Martial Law
Information about Martial Law in Richmond VA during the Civil War and the Provost Marshal General John Henry Winder

Written Accounts

1862-11-22, Richmond Dispatch; 4 Yankees escape from Libby on blanket rope. Three men of 25VaBn put into Castle Thunder for negligence as guards.
1862-11-22, Richmond Dispatch; new Castle Thunder accessions
1862-11-24, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor’s Court items: 2 soldiers fighting on theatre steps sent to Castle Thunder; Michael Rourke, 1TX, thief, sent to Castle Thunder; T. W. Hoenniger (keeping billiard tables without license) charges dropped
1862-11-24, Richmond Dispatch; new Castle Thunder arrivals
1862-11-25, Richmond Dispatch; list of new Castle Thunder inmates; including the watchman of Chimborazo Hospital, for being drunk and disorderly.
1862-11-27, Richmond Dispatch; Lewis Beckham, 1st Va. Bn deserter, caught and sent to Castle Thunder. 28 deserters, mostly NC, arrive at Castle Thunder. Prison now using “corporeal punishment” instead of bucking.
1862-11-27, Richmond Enquirer; description of the punishment of "bucking" at Castle Thunder
1862-11-28, Richmond Dispatch; three drunk soldiers sent to Castle Thunder, including Francis Fields; also John P. Usher, H9La, drunk & disorderly patient at GH#13, & 13 men from Petersburg provost marshal.
1862-11-29, Richmond Dispatch; slaves accused of stealing treasury notes at Custom House to go on trial today. Includes slave of Jefferson Davis
1862-12-01. Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. V, pp. 774-775; Letter from prisoner in Castle Thunder arguing for his release

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