From the Richmond Dispatch, 8/20/1862
Lieut. Thos. P. Turner, who for some months past has
filled acceptably the post of commandant of the C. S. prison in Richmond, has
been ordered by Gen. Lee to report at Lynchburg, Va., as Provost Marshal of that
place. It has been found by experience that that point is used as a place of
assemblage by deserters, and it is hoped that by placing Lynchburg under martial
law, with an efficient and diligent officer in charge of affairs there, many men
who now sneak away from their duty may be restored to the army. The execution of
one or two deserters lately, and the prospective death of one or two now under
sentence, may stop the unseemly practice altogether. The C. S. prison here will
be turned over to Major Elliott, of the City Battalion, and be under the
immediate command of Captain Henry Wertz [Wirz], Assistant Provost Marshal of
Manchester.
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