The Daily Dispatch: September 23, 1864., [Electronic resource]

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Drowned.

--The dead body of a soldier was fished out of the dock, at the foot of Eighteenth street, yesterday afternoon, where, it is supposed, he was drowned about 1 o'clock the night before. Nothing is known of him except what was gained from a pass which he had in his pocket, dated "Half-way House, between Richmond and Petersburg," permitting private Kane, of the First Virginia battalion, to visit this city and return in twenty-four hours. It is probable that he had been sent over as a guard to some prisoners who were committed to Castle Thunder on Wednesday night; and afterwards, while under the influence of bad whiskey, obtained in the neighborhood, walked into the dock without knowing where he was. Coroner Sanxay examined the body, but as there were no marks of violence, an inquest was deemed unnecessary.