Richmond Unionists and Spies
Information about Unionists and Spies in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

This section features information on the Unionists of Richmond as well as their wartime spying activity.

Written Accounts

  • Summary of Franklin Stearns file, M346, National Archives. This file represents payments made by the Confederate Government to Franklin Stearns, a known Richmond Unionist, including rent paid for several warehouses used as hospitals.
1862-08-06, Richmond Dispatch; Messrs. Dixon & Hughes, locals in Castle Godwin, released
1862-08-07, Richmond Dispatch; “Mrs. Eliza L. Van Lew” on Church Hill adv to hire cook, washer, ironer & seamstress
1862-08-08, Richmond Dispatch; 3 Yankee deserters sent to Castle Godwin
1862-08-11, Richmond Dispatch; civilians held in Castle Godwin for assisting Federal escapees have been released
1862-08-11, Richmond Dispatch; suspected spy captured in Richmond – put in Castle Godwin
1862-08-14, Richmond Dispatch; Mathews farmer named Stokes put in Castle Godwin for disloyalty
1862-08-15, Richmond Dispatch; description of a military prison (provost prison similar in purpose to Castle Thunder) in Manchester
1862-08-22, Richmond Enquirer; 15 unionists put in Castle Thunder
1862-08-28, Richmond Dispatch; B. Wardwell, ice dealer, exonerated of disloyalty & released from Castle Thunder
1862-08-28, Richmond Dispatch; Wm. Hines, arrested near Drewry’s Bluff & sent to Castle Thunder for trading with Yankees

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