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

Written Accounts

1865-06-28, Richmond Whig; Robert Ould and William Hatch have been paroled from Castle Thunder
1865-07-01, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; three men sent to Castle Thunder for being “concerned in the riot near the foot of 19th street”
1865-07-04, Richmond Whig; Lucian Northrup is in Castle Thunder
1865-07-08, Richmond Whig; Provost Court meets daily at Castle Thunder
1865-07-22, New Haven (CT) Columbian Weekly Register; clarification on the mutiny of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery at Drewry’s Bluff. .
1865-07-22, New Haven (CT) Columbian Weekly Register; letter describing a mutiny within the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery at Drewry’s Bluff.
1865-07-28, Vermont Phoenix (Brattleboro, VT); The Tredegar Iron Works have been leased by the government back to the owners
1865-08-04, Richmond Whig; Provost Marshal arrests in the 1st district: several drunk soldiers and a deserter; black man sent to Castle Thunder for assault – the man he assaulted sent to Chimborazo for vagrancy
1865-08-04, Richmond Whig; Provost Marshal cases in the 2nd district: Liquor sales, thefts and two humorous accounts of unfaithful husbands. One woman escaped Castle Thunder but was “recommitted” after arrest
1865-08-04, Richmond Whig; racist description of the over-use of the Provost Marshal courts by Freedmen. Advocates all parties be put in Castle Thunder

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