From the Richmond Enquirer, 6/12/1863
A MIXED POPULATION. – There
are at present about six hundred prisoners at Castle Thunder, two hundred of
whom are desperate characters, two hundred disloyal men from various parts of
the State, including North Carolina “buffaloes” and runaway negroes; one
hundred and thirty Confederate soldiers under sentence of court martial; and the
rest deserters, stragglers, &c. Some eight or ten disloyal Tennesseans
arrived on yesterday, and thirty odd stragglers were sent to their regiments.
Castle Thunder and its environs have been much improved within the past few
days, by additions and renovations, and now assumes a comfortable as well as a
commodious appearance.
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