Tag Archives: Castle Thunder

lost and found

Posted on August 27, 2014 by SUMPTER

In the summer of 1863 prisoner exchanges between North and South were stopped, for the most part, because the South would not exchange captured black soldiers. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 27, 1864: Captured negroes. –Among the captures from … Continue reading →

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“attracted a great crowd”

Posted on April 21, 2014 by SUMPTER

The dates in the following articles don’t seem to match up just right, but it does seem that by 150 years ago tonight a Yankee female surgeon was locked up in Castle Thunder. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch April 22, … Continue reading →

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surgeon swap

Posted on November 18, 2013 by SUMPTER

The prisoner parole and exchange system had not totally broken down by 150 years ago this week. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch November 16, 1863: Exchange of Surgeons. The exchange of Surgeons, we learn, has been agreed upon by the … Continue reading →

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Not even good for cannon fodder?

Posted on August 22, 2012 by SUMPTER

The South doesn’t much cotton to dissenting opinions either. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 22, 1862: Arrival of Domestic Traitors. Fifteen citizens of Green county, Va., arrived here yesterday, guarded by soldiers, and were consigned to quarters in Greanor’s … Continue reading →

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