Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Some More on James North Thurston, CSMC

Born October 25, 1840, in South Carolina and died April 13, 1904. Buried at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.

He was captured on the CSS Atlanta and imprisoned at Fort Warren from whence he escaped August 19, 1863, for a short time before being recaptured. Fort Warren was a better prison than most. Only a dozen deaths occurred there along with seven escapes, of which four were recaptured.

Thurston was paroled and exchanged at Cox's Wharf, Virginia, October 18, 1864.

Runaway, Runaway. --Old B-R'er

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