From the Richmond Enquirer, 3/6/1862, p. 3, c. 4
ADDITIONAL POLITICAL ARRESTS. – Provost Marshal A. C.
Godwin yesterday caused the arrest of Charles Palmer, a commission and shipping
merchant of this city, and William Fay, a ship-builder, also a resident of
Richmond, upon charges of disloyalty. Mr. Palmer, who has been quite bold in his
expressions of loyalty to the Lincoln Government, is a wealthy citizen, doing
business on the corner of Virginia and Cary streets. His only son, Dr. Palmer,
of this city, is captain of the 1st company of Richmond Howitzers,
attached to General Johnston’s Army of the Potomac. We learn that the latter
gentleman was yesterday denied permission to see his father. Both the parties
named have been consigned to “Castle Godwin,” which has yet room left for “a few
more of the same sort.”
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