From the Richmond Dispatch, 1/20/1863, p. 1, c. 5

Prison Items. – One hundred straggling soldiers were sent from Castle Thunder Sunday morning to Fredericksburg, to join their respective regiments. Yesterday, John P. Atkinson, co G, 17th Va reg’t; John Hickey, co F, 6th La, and Lewis Tank, co L, 21st Miss, were arrested and put in as deserters. Two hundred Yankees were also sent to this place yesterday for temporary quarters.

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