From the Richmond Examiner, 11/10/1862
CASTLE THUNDER ITEMS. – The following prisoners were received at the Castle
on Saturday – John J. Watson, 12th North Carolina, selling
passports; William Shaffer, Caskie Rangers, 5th Virginia Cavalry,
deserter; George Simmons, deserter from Fort Delaware, Yankee regiment; Henry P.
Mumford, from Baltimore.
Alexander Young, an aged man, sent from Tennessee, died in the Castle on
Saturday.
Forty-eight prisoners, stragglers and deserters, from North Carolina, were
received and forwarded to their regiments.
Prisoners are now sent from all parts to the Castle, and from there
distributed to their regiments, and then are dealt with as the charges against
the call for.
Charles R. Lacey, alias Lawson, the notorious English pick-pocket, burglar
and supposed spy, died yesterday at the Castle, where he has been confined for
some time.
A soldier named Hall, whose Regiment we did not learn, also died there
yesterday.
Rev. J. L. Burrows, of the Broad street Baptist Church, preached to the
prisoners yesterday afternoon, from the text – “Turn ye, turn ye, for why
will you die,” &c. His audience were as attentive as that of most city
churches; the prisoners raising the hymns, and carrying through the vocal
exercises. A number of visitors were present.
From the Richmond Examiner, 11/10/1862
ROBBED IN PRISON. - D. J. Bule, of Company H, Third North
Carolina Regiment, was put in the Castle yesterday for being drunk and
disorderly. He thought he could take care of his personal effects, but
"fell among thieves," who robbed him of his hat, pistol, and thirty
dollars; he saved sixty, which he had secured in the pocket of an inside shirt.
To make sure of this amount, he delivered it up to the commandant to take care
of until he got sober.
From the Richmond Examiner, 11/10/1862
CASTLE THUNDER HOSPITAL. - The hospital in connection with
Castle Thunder has been revived, and Dr. W. W. Coggin installed in charge. The
apartments are located in the upper story of the building, and have the benefit
of a full ventilation and isolation from the noise of the prisoners below. Cots
for the accommodation of fifty odd patients are prepared, with apartments for
convalescent patients, cooking, and the druggist. The arrangements are in every
way complete, and will prove quite convenient, as it was found very difficult to
convey invalids back and forth from the "Libby" prison hospital, which
has been heretofore used for the reception of the sick among the prisoners at
the Castle.
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