Provost-Marshall Police
Information about the Provost-Marshall (person in charge of a group of military police) in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

 Written Accounts

1862-09-01, Richmond Dispatch; police raid Cary St., especially “that prolific locality” between 17th and 18th
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 Dispatch; 2 soldiers in Castle Thunder for robbing citizen. Mayor forced to contemplate extent of his authority in city over military personnel. Slave items and prostitution as well.
1862-10-23, Richmond Dispatch; negro convicted of stealing bushel of flour from Camp Winder bakery
1862-11-07, Richmond Dispatch; 2 paragraphs on Winder’s re-organization of city provost & police force. Names some of the officer.
1863-01-12, Richmond Dispatch; authorities sprinkling loam & lime on prison floors, Castle Thunder mentioned specifically
1863-02-06, Richmond Dispatch; former substitute agent sent to Castle Thunder
1863-08-05, Richmond Sentinel; the Winder building, on 10th between Broad and Capitol streets, is nearly completed; declares it better than the stables that formerly occupied the site
1864-03-09, Richmond Examiner; detailed description of the arrest and imprisonment in Castle Thunder of Detective Philip Cashmeyer – accused of passing treasonous and military information to an exchanged Union officer
1864-07-23, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported July 23, 1864; in one case His Honor advised husbands to control the tongues of their wives

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