This page contains sources that are too good or too entertaining not to
preserve in some way, though they may not pertain in any way to a physical site
in Richmond.
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Richmond Dispatch |
10/30/1860; John Gorman, sailor on USS Brooklyn
passes out drunk and taken to the Mayor who lets him go |
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Richmond Dispatch |
10/31/1860; notes on the wool manufacturers of
Virginia, especially Crenshaw Woolen mills. |
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Richmond Dispatch |
11/1/1860; more on John Gorman, the drunken
sailor |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/1/1861; reflection on the religious nature of
the Civil War - declares that the war is a religious war |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
10/5/1861; two Texas companies arrive in Richmond, the
“Texan Aids” and the “Polk county Yankee Hunters.” |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
10/5/1861; Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Gen. Johnston are not as
bad off as was previously supposed after their accident. |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
10/8/1861;
Geo. Sheridan,
Ala. soldier, goes crazy, runs through streets in underwear, leaps to death
in canal at "Armory Bridge" |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
10/17/1861;
J. H. Greanor's
slave George attacks Dr. Wellford's slave Phebe with an axe, in the bottom
near the Central depot |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
10/18/1861;
details on case
of axe-wielding slave of Capt. John H. Greanor |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
10/21/1861;
description of the celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown
- Armory Band and Public guard put on festivities in Capitol Square |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
10/25/1861;
"Extraordinary
Freak" - man in drag appears on Main street |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
11/1/1861;
Entrenchers near
Blakey's Pond find buried cannon & shells |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
11/1/1861; Gen. Robert E. Lee has returned to
the city from western Virginia |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
12/12/1861; duel
takes place at the Broad Rock Race Course |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
1/30/1862;
George S. Patton in town - brave, gallant,
etc. |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
2/6/1862;
rumor of Stonewall Jackson's resignation is
false |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
2/8/1862;
paragraph explaining how Stonewall Jackson
got his nickname - “one or two” explanations |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
2/10/1862; rumor that the Govt has
stopped the Stearns & Co. distillery |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
2/10/1862;
“John Taylor, charged with exposing his
person in the street, was committed for want of security for his good
behavior” |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
2/10/1862; ward-room steward on the
"Patrick Henry" advertises for a substitute |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
2/11/1862;
adv from E. Porter Alexander asking citizens
to turn over war trophies |
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Richmond
Whig |
3/18/1862; description of the
laying of the cornerstone of the new Richmond Theater, and the contents
placed therein |
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Richmond Dispatch |
3/20/1862; lamentation about the large number of frivolous lawyers abounding
in the city |
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Richmond Dispatch |
3/25/1862; paper advocates using the cannon that are on the street corners
to be recast |
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Richmond Dispatch |
3/28/1862; Shockoe Hill Cats and Butchertown Cats are engaging in rock
battles, but have not been caught yet |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
5/6/1862; owners of the YMCA
hospital, established "next to Crawford's old saloon" complain
about "resort
for lewd females" across the street |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
5/7/1862; paragraph on plans for
burning warehouses if Yankees get to Richmond |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
5/13/1862; excellent description of
the proliferation of prostitution in Richmond, of "both sexes." |
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Richmond Dispatch |
5/24/1862; Lowe’s balloon visible in city |
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Richmond Dispatch |
6/7/1862; frame
work of Mayo Bridge threatened by flooding; flood produced 2 ft water in
basement of Libby Prison & CS Machine Ship (Talbott’s) had 3-4 feet. |
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Richmond
Whig |
6/7/1862; the James River is higher than it has been since 1847; the water
is up to the hubs of wagons wheels on Cary street “opposite Talbot’s
foundry” |
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Richmond Dispatch |
6/17/1862; guard
has been established on the James River bridges – no one allowed across
after 10 PM |
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Richmond Dispatch |
6/18/1862; Prof.
Jas. C. Patton of Petersburg authorized to construct balloon for army |
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Richmond
Whig |
6/20/1862; humorous inscription on
a Yankee’s headstone outside Richmond. |
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Richmond Dispatch |
6/21/1862; great
story about family & dog near Rocketts |
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Richmond Dispatch |
6/24/1862;
Josephine Rupert, lady making “equipments for the soldiers” at St. Paul’s
Church falls through trap door in belfry - not badly injured |
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Richmond Dispatch |
6/24/1862; young
ladies plan fund-raising fair at James D. Brown’s home, Pratt’s Castle |
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Richmond Dispatch |
6/27/1862; fair
for benefit of wounded soldiers to be held at Pratt’s Castle tonight –
Armory Band to play, and ice cream to be served |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
7/8/1862; humorous tombstone of a
Yankee found on the battlefield |
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Richmond Dispatch |
7/21/1862; Dr.
Read (future GH#4?) arrested at #51 American Hotel for selling whiskey from
room |
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Richmond Dispatch |
7/22/1862; Fake
provost officer murders a man - paragraph within testimony from Lt. Booker
describing Provost Procedure for arrests |
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Richmond Dispatch |
7/23/1862;
Pamunkey Indians reportedly aided Yankees in May-June, as guides |
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Richmond Dispatch |
7/23/1862;
important paragraph on the naming of battlefields - particularly ridicules
the use of the term “Fort Darling” for “Drury’s Bluff” |
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Richmond Dispatch |
7/28/1862; City
Water consumption has doubled since Summer 1861 |
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Richmond Dispatch |
8/1/1862;
government detectives arrest disloyal Pamunkeys in King William County. |
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Richmond Dispatch |
8/1/1862; notes
on the wells being sunk in Richmond – 11th and Main, and 20th
and Franklin. |
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Richmond Dispatch |
8/1/1862;
Confederate soldier in the streets of Richmond in Union uniform. Officer
stops him and advises “him to procure another suit as soon as possible.” |
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Richmond Dispatch |
8/11/1862; James
Graham, Ritter’s Battery, dies on the spot at Oak Hall Restaurant, Franklin
Street |
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Richmond Dispatch |
8/16/1862;
humorous - local children steal some powder and detonate their large bomb on
21st street |
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Richmond Dispatch |
8/19/1862;
Humorous – two women fight, corner 9th and Broad |
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Richmond Dispatch |
9/1/1862; police
raid Cary St., especially “that prolific locality” between 17th and 18th |
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Richmond Dispatch |
9/3/1862; 200
exchanged Confederates arrive on 9/2, including N. R. Fitzhugh & Belle Boyd |
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Richmond Dispatch |
9/5/1862; Loafers
at corner of 14th and Main sent to Castle Thunder by Winder |
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Richmond Dispatch |
9/6/1862; loafers
from 14th Street & one other discharged from Castle Thunder |
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Richmond Dispatch |
9/8/1862; “Of
Evil Name &c” Woman arrested for “indulging in horseback exercise on one of
the public streets of the city in company with a person said to be a
Lieutenant in the army, to the disgust of decent people…” Witnessed by the
Mayor, woman was sent to jail. |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
9/8/1862; hilarious account of a man who
believes he is the devil and a negro who exploited him |
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Richmond Dispatch |
9/20/1862;
soldier stabs & kills another soldier at T. R. Stewart’s bowling alley, 10th
between Main and Cary |
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Richmond Dispatch |
9/27/1862; Old
Fair Grounds called Camp Maynard – bull being put out to stud nearby. |
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Richmond Dispatch |
10/8/1862; gang
of thugs roaming Church Hill |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
10/17/1862; sunset from Church Hill rivals
those in other parts of the world |
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Richmond Dispatch |
11/1/1862; S.C.
hospital depot is on Main St. |
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Richmond Dispatch |
11/1/1862;
thieves rob City Hall |
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Richmond Dispatch |
11/3/1862; O. F.
Manson thanks Ed. Ruffin & family for donations to Wilmington sufferers.
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Richmond Dispatch |
11/4/1862;
Mayor’s Court: Man shot in street dies at Louisiana Hospital; Edward C.
Rice, 25VaBn, fined for breaking tray of dishes over negro woman’s head, in
street, & slapping her |
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Richmond Dispatch |
11/4/1862; Surg.
G. S. West, “General Hospital No. 26, Masonic Hall, 25th street” looking for
a wet nurse “with a fresh breast of milk” |
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Richmond Dispatch |
11/13/1862;
Government raids houses near Cold Harbor |
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Richmond Dispatch |
11/17/1862;
details on murder of Lt. J. O. Withmell, CSA, from England & St. Louis,
killed in “alley on Cary Street, between 14th and 15th streets.” Col. B. D.
Harmon present at the shooting. “The public clock” is at corner 14th and
Main |
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Richmond Dispatch |
11/18/1862; “Fast
Riding” through the streets has become a problem. Police receive orders from
Mayor to enforce the speed limit of six miles per hour. |
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Richmond Dispatch |
11/26/1862;
wanted adv for a wife! |
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Richmond Dispatch |
12/2/1862;
Frederick Lindsey, 1TX & Mathew Pitman, 1GA, both arrested for drunken
fracas at Rockett’s. Pitman to Castle Thunder, Lindsey left behind, “having
had his skull broken by a skillet in the hands of a female whose house he
had entered.” |
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Richmond Dispatch |
12/11/1862; E. W.
Allen adv headboards for soldier graves |
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Richmond Dispatch |
12/17/1862; Maxcy
Gregg’s body arrived 12/15 – placed in Provost Marshal’s office. City
Battalion & Public Guard, with full band, escorted it to R&P RR depot 12/16
afternoon. Route of parade given. No Hollywood. |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
3/11/1863; "Richmond
will be thus well prepared with means to prevent destructive conflagrations"
with the new fire engine donated to the city by various insurance companies |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
3/23/1863; J. E. B. Stuart has been in town;
Col. Rosser is recuperating in Richmond, and N. G. Evans is here also.
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Richmond
Sentinel |
6/24/1864; boys are throwing stones
at the Washington and Clay monuments and each other. The mayor clamps down
and orders all offenders arrested. Brief description of a rock battle
between boys on Gamble's and Penitentiary hills |
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Richmond
Examiner |
6/30/1864; hilarious account of a "fistic
scene." |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
7/1/1864; house of "ill fame" is
broken up by police. Women there "exposed their persons in the windows, and
halloed at, threw at and spit upon all passers by." |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
7/6/1864; two boys are accidentally
killed while playing with an unexploded shell at Yellow Tavern |
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Richmond
Whig |
7/8/1864; Praise that "the military
authorities have determined to give passports to all the old women who may
wish to go to Yankee land" because there is a "superabundance" of them |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
8/5/1864; items from the Mayor's
docket: two negro girls are thrashed for calling a white man "poor white
trash;" a boy escapee from the Alms House is sent back there after stoning a
man at the Petersburg depot |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
11/7/1864; two boys
arrested near the Second Baptist Church for throwing rocks. They are
members of the "basin cats." |
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Richmond
Whig |
6/28/1862; J. M. Daniel, editor of
the Examiner, had his arm “shattered” by a ball at Gaines’ Mill.
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Richmond
Sentinel |
8/17/1864; a duel was fought
yesterday between John M. Daniel of the Richmond Examiner, and R. C.
Elmore, of the Treasury department. Daniel was wounded in the right leg
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Richmond
Whig |
8/17/1864; description of the duel
between J. M. Daniel and E. C. Elmore |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
8/18/1864; details of the trail of
R. C. Elmore, for duelling with J. M. Daniel. Dr. Peticolas, the physician
at the duel, refuses to testify on the grounds that he might incriminate
himself. Counsel gets a change of venue because the duel was fought in
Henrico, not in the city. |
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Richmond
Whig |
8/18/1864; description of the duel
examination before the Mayor - mentions Dr. Peticolas' protest |
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Richmond
Whig |
8/19/1864; more details on the
Daniel/Elmore duel |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
8/22/1864; more details on the
recent duel - Dr. Peticolas continues to refuse to testify |
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Richmond
Whig |
8/22/1864; more details of the
Daniel/Elmore duel in a Henrico court - Dr. Peticolas refuses to testify |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
8/29/1864; arsonist torches the
stable of John M. Daniel |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
8/29/1864; more details on the
recent duel - Dr. Peticolas continues to refuse to testify and is
recommended to be held in contempt of court |
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Richmond
Whig |
8/29/1864; more details of the
Daniel/Elmore duel trial - including Dr. Peticolas' refusal to testify |
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Richmond
Whig |
8/29/1864; fire at the stables of J.
M. Daniel |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
8/30/1864; more details on the
recent duel - Dr. Peticolas continues to refuse to testify after being
ordered to do so and is thrown in jail |
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Richmond
Whig |
8/30/1864; Dr. Peticolas is declared
to be "bound to testify" in the Daniel/Elmore duel trial |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
8/31/1864; details on the habeas
corpus case of Dr. Peticolas' refusal to testify |
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Richmond
Whig |
8/31/1864; more on Dr. Peticolas'
refusal to testify in the case of the Daniel/Elmore duel |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
9/1/1864; Dr. Peticolas is out on
bail awaiting Judge's decision on his refusal to testify |
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Richmond
Whig |
9/1/1864; more on Dr. Peticolas'
habeas corpus case over his refusal to testify in the Daniel/Elmore duel
case |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
9/3/1864; Judge determines that Dr.
Peticolas is not bound to testify and he is released |
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Richmond
Whig |
9/3/1864; Dr. Peticolas is declared
not bound to testify, and is released |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
9/5/1864; more details of the trail
of R. C. Elmore, for duelling with J. M. Daniel. |
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Richmond
Whig |
9/5/1864; more on the Daniel/Elmore
duel case |
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Richmond
Whig |
9/15/1864; E. C. Elmore pleads
guilty for betting at faro |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
1/31/1865; description of Dr.
Peticolas' case before the Virginia Supreme Court regarding his right not to
testify in the J. M. Daniel duel case |
