Pryce Lewis

Released
Date of birth:13. 02. 1831
Date of death:06. 12. 1911
Age:80† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Virginia
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Pryce Lewis

Biography

Pryce Lewis was a Welsh-born Pinkerton operative. Pryce Lewis was sent into Richmond in 1862 to check on the ailing agent Timothy Webster and was recognized and arrested. Tried by the Confederacy and condemned to death, he was reprieved and held in Richmond's prisons for many months before being released through the lines. He survived the war and later wrote an account of his captivity.

Note: The St. Lawrence University collection gives an 1835 birth year; this record uses 1831 (published biography).

Case

Castle Godwin
Charges: Spying — tried by the Confederacy as a Union agent (Richmond)
Incarcerated: March 1862
Released: 1863
Sentence: Held in Richmond's prisons for many months before being released through the lines.
Institution State: Virginia

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