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Prisoners in Fort Norfolk

A correspondent sends us the following list of persons confined in Fort Norfolk:

  • J T Jones, Norfolk, time not known.
  • T O Woodward, Norfolk, three months.
  • T Segar, Norfolk, three years.
  • F Masi, Norfolk, three years.
  • C Drummond, Norfolk, ten years.
  • J Shanks, Norfolk, fifteen years.
  • J D Sikes, Norfolk county, twelve months.
  • P Prentise, Suffolk, time not known.
  • R Riddick, Suffolk, time not known.
  • W Riddick, Suffolk, time not known.
  • W Cohoon, Suffolk, time not known.
  • R Darden, Suffolk, time not known.
  • E Everett, Suffolk, time not known.
  • J Lancaster, Suffolk, time not known.
  • R L Woodward, Suffolk, time not known.
  • R Hozier, Suffolk, time not known.
  • R Mathia, Suffolk, time not known.
  • R Cherry, Suffolk, time not known.
  • R Montague, Gloucester, time not known.
  • R Johnson, Gloucester, time not known.
  • R Sinclair, Gloucester, time not known.

J. T. Garrison and John Ballock made their escape from prison fifteen days since.

Dr. Green, of Danville, of the 5th Virginia, has been in this prison for three months. He is held as hostage for the infamous Dr. Rucker.

Fort Norfolk Documents

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Source of Information

The Daily Dispatch: May 25, 1863. Richmond Dispatch.