Deserters
Information about deserters in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1865-02, Southern Historical Society Papers; Moore, S. P.; "Resources of the C. S. Medical Dept. in February 1865."
1865-03-09, Official Records, Ser. I, Vol. XLVI/2, p. 905; report of a Confederate deserter, recently a prisoner at Castle Thunder
1865-03-30, Richmond Sentinel; a free negro in Maj. Turner's battalion grows tired of the drill and decides to walk off with stolen clothes
1865-03-30, Richmond Sentinel; slave put in Castle Thunder for helping soldiers desert
1865-04-10, Rutland [VT] Herald; correspondent from the 9th Vermont describes entry into fallen Richmond; notes that they were the first into Richmond
1865-04-14, New York Herald; details on the plan for the Virginia legislature to meet – other accounts of destroyed French tobacco
1865-04-15, Richmond Whig; Libby Prison has 3,000 Confederate prisoners; Castle Thunder is used for criminals and Federal deserters
1865-06-05, Sacramento (CA) Daily Union; detailed description of Libby Prison, “then and now,” from a former prisoner
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
1865-11-03, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VIII, p. 783; letter to Stanton names Alexander and Turner as being guilty of cruelty to prisoners.

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