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VHS 5/28/1863 |
5/28/1863; Sidney Smith Lee, commandant at
Drewry’s Bluff writes to enquire whether 3 Castle Thunder prisoners who
wrote to him might be released and allowed to enlist in the Navy. All three
were in prison for desertion. |
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VHS 8/12/1863 |
8/12/1863; Isaac Carrington asks Lieut. Turner
at Libby for charges on Yankee prisoners who were sent to Castle Thunder
from there. One has been there since 9/25/1862 and was "Sent by Capt. Wirtz" |
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VHS 8/24/1863 |
8/24/1863; two patients in the 1st Division of
Howard’s Grove Hospital are taken to Castle Thunder for "exciting a mutiny" |
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VHS 9/8/1863 |
9/8/1863; four soldiers sent from Chaffin’s
Farm to Castle Thunder for attempting to desert to the enemy |
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VHS 10/4/1863 |
10/4/1863; Confederate Guard at Libby Prison is
imprisoned in Castle Thunder for "leaving his post without permission..&
trading with Yankee prisoners" |
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VHS 11/3/1863 |
11/3/1863; J. R. Anderson
requests that one of his workers who is confined in Castle Thunder be
"returned to his employment." Apparently, this man attempted to desert to
the enemy |
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VHS 11/9/1863 |
11/9/1863; letter from the acting surgeon in
charge of GH#13 suggesting means of alleviating the crowded conditions.
Recommends those wishing to take the oath of allegiance be released and that
those who are disabled be sent away. Also notes that too many patients are
compelled to sleep on the floor |
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VHS 11/27/1863 |
11/27/1863; Isaac Carrington writes to the
surgeon at GH#13 inquiring about certain prisoners |
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VHS 11/29/1863 |
11/29/1863; letter from surgeon at GH#13 giving
the details on the prisoners that I. Carrington asked about. Those who are
well are shipped to Salisbury |
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VHS 1/23/1864 |
1/23/1864; Letter from Jno. L. Ligon, Clerk at
Castle Thunder, writing on behalf of a man whom Ligon was accosted by and
later shot. Ligon believes the man accosted him because the man thought that
Ligon was a Yankee deserter. Ligon appeals for his immediate discharge from
prison |
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VHS 1/30/1864 |
1/30/1864; letter from the surgeon at the Small
Pox Hospital stating that a "large number" of prisoners of war there desire
to take the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy |
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VHS 2/20/1864 |
2/20/1864; Surgeon at GH#9 writes on behalf of
a convalescent soldier from Castle Thunder who claims to be "guiltless of
any crime" and seeks a hearing in order to go home |
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VHS no date |
[no date] $50.00 paid to John M. Gillespie for
building two large privies at the "prison factories on Main St." |
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VHS no date |
no date; Union prisoner in "Room No. 10" of
Castle Thunder requests to be moved to Libby Prison, as he considers himself
a POW |
