Sep 22, 2009
“Castle Thunder, Cary St., the place where so many Union prisoners suffered. Richmond, Va”. 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 Civil War.

“Castle Thunder, Cary St., the place where so many Union prisoners suffered. Richmond, Va”.

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 Civil War.

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