Burnham Wardwell

Released
Date of birth:17. 12. 1817
Date of death:03. 10. 1886
Age:68† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Virginia
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Biography

Burnham Wardwell was a Maine-born ice dealer living in Richmond. Burnham Wardwell was an outspoken Union sympathizer who quietly aided Union prisoners of war in the Confederate capital. Arrested for his loyalties, he was held in the Castle Thunder military prison and was ultimately banished through the lines to the North. He returned to Richmond after the war and remained active in Reconstruction-era Unionist politics.

Case

Castle Thunder
Charges: Aiding Union prisoners of war (arrested as a Union sympathizer, Richmond)
Arrested: March 1862
Incarcerated: 1862
Released: 1863
Institution State: Virginia

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