From the Richmond Dispatch, 8/22/1862
Castle Thunder.
Yesterday, thirty-four soldiers, charged with desertion from the army,
who have, on various occasions, since May, been sent to C. S. Prison, were
removed thence to Castle Thunder. There are now nothing but Yankee prisoners at
the former place. There were sixty arrivals at the Castle yesterday, and
thirty-one discharges of soldiers, - the latter, who were confined for various
offences, having been called for by their commanding officers. The publication
of the list of soldiers confined there has had a very good effect. It has caused
many to be taken away who else might have lingered out an unprofitable existence
for months, eating the bread of idleness.
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