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Franklin Street Guard House :: |
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Information about the Franklin Street Guard House in Richmond, VA during
the Civil War. |
precise location unknown, but appears to be a military jail for disorderly
Confederate soldiers
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Richmond Dispatch |
4/21/1862; Michael Gately of Fredericksburg escapes from Franklin Street
Guard House – formerly at Castle Godwin – not a soldier |
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G. W. Alexander letter |
5/3/1862; letter from Alexander to
Godwin, containing a breakdown of the numbers of guards detailed at the
various prisons |
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Richmond Dispatch |
5/6/1862; escapes & attempts, Castle Godwin & “the guard house on Franklin
street.” |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
5/27/1862; soldier escapes from the
"Confederate Guard House, on Franklin street" and promptly recaptured - he
broke his ankle in the escape |
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Richmond Dispatch |
6/2/1862; Michael Garrity,
deserter in Franklin St. Guard House, shot trying to escape |
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Richmond Dispatch |
7/22/1862;
Michael Leary, 19Miss, steals $112 from man named Poole, also 19Miss. Leary
locked up in “military guard-house” on Franklin St. |
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Richmond Dispatch |
8/7/1862;
enormous new
list of prisoners at Castle Godwin, “Castle Godwin Guard House,” & Alexander Hospital. |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/19/1862; all Castle Godwin
& Franklin St. Guard House prisoners (500-600) were removed to Castle Thunder yesterday |
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Richmond Dispatch |
10/1/1862;
details on the Soldiers’ homes – the barrack next to the Central Depot is
“broken up” and the remaining soldiers’ homes (Conrad & Crew’s Factory &
“the Franklin street barrack”) are often strained to capacity. |
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Richmond Dispatch |
10/20/1862;
“Charles Cluts” 7NC, falls from upper window of Franklin street barracks,
lands on open door, breaks back, perched there dead |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
10/20/1862; soldier dies after a fall off the
porch of the Franklin street guard house |
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Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. V, pp. 871-924 |
April, 1863; Evidence taken before
the committee of the House of Representatives of the Confederate States
appointed to inquire into the treatment of prisoners at Castle Thunder (very
large). Franklin Street Guard House mentioned - soldier shot there |
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04/28/2008
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