Raynors HCA 2014-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/6/2014
Albumen photograph of Castle Thunder prison, in Richmond, Virginia, 5-5/”x4-1/4” affixed to larger card mount, with “Castle Thuner Richmond” in period pencil beneath. c. Spring 1865. Fine condition. Castle Thunder, located in Richmond, Virginia, was a former tobacco warehouse located on Tobacco Row, converted into a prison used by the Confederacy to house civilian prisoners, including captured Union spies, political prisoners and those charged with treason during the American Civil War. A large number of its inmates were sentenced to death. Even though the inmates were sometimes allowed boxes of medicine and other supplies, the prison guards had a reputation for brutality.
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