Raynors HCA 2015-02
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/19/2015
War-date albumen photograph of Castle Thunder in Richmond, Virginia, 5-1/2”x4-1/4”, with eight soldiers standing out front of this brick building. Mounted, with period ID on verso “Confederate Prison, Castle Thunder, Richmond,” 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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