Petersburg (Castle Thunder)
Prisoner of War Camp
Search, View, Print Union & Confederate Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865
Confederate 1862-1865
Petersburg, Virginia
There were 2 Castle Thunder's in the South. The camp in Petersburg was called Castle Thunder because of the constant thunder heard from the nearby battles.
The camp was first set up as a temporary prison to relieve overcrowding from other established prisons in the region.
The camp was the prison type of using existing older buildings and converted into a prison.
There isn't very much information on this prison camp.
