Description: Pamphlet. 8vo. Confederate States of America Congress. House of Representatives. 1863. 58 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Issued in a sewn wraps. Wrappers worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Ownership stamp of the War Department's Rebel Archives stamp present to the front wrapper. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. “Castle Thunder was a tobacco warehouse in Richmond, Va., used (1861--65) by the Confederates to confine political prisoners & occasional spies & criminals who were charged with treason. Similar in general purposes to the ‘Old Capitol’ prison in Washington, it enjoyed an unsavory reputation & its officers were accused of unnecessary brutality toward their charges. Upon the fall of Richmond the prison was used by the Federal authorities to house Confederates charged with crimes under international law.” 1863 Confederacy House of Representatives Imprint Prisoners at Castle Thunder Track Page Views WithAuctiva's FREE Counter
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Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
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Author: George W. Alexander
Binding: Hardcover
Character Family: Civil War Prisons
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Language: English
Original/Facsimile: Original
Place of Publication: Richmond, VA
Publisher: Confederate House of Represetatives
Region: North America
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Confederate Imprint, Civil War Prisons, Castle Thunder, Richmond, VA
Subject: Americana
Topic: Confederate Imprint
Year Printed: 1863
