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Battle of First Manassas :: |
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Information about the response in Richmond, VA to the
Battle of First Manassas |
This page is a collection of items related to the city of Richmond after the
First Battle of Manassas.
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/24/1861; description of the
arrival of the bodies of Generals Bartow and Bee in Richmond and
conveyance to the Capitol to lie in state |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/24/1861; anxiety in Richmond over
the slain at First Manassas; huge crowds assemble at the Central depot,
where "Gen." Davis (the President) arrives and addresses the
crowd |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/24/1861; "Gen."
(President) Davis gives an inspirational speech from the Spotswood Hotel |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/25/1861; trains arrive from
Manassas bearing wounded, who are taken to private homes for treatment;
500-600 POWs are set to arrive; the prison depot is already full; notes
that General Corcoran arrived in Richmond two days ago |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/25/1861; bodies of Bartow, Bee,
and Johnston were escorted from the Capitol to the Petersburg depot for
transportation South |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/31/1861; Dr. F. W. Hancock has
returned from Manassas, with reports on their needs; the Committee is
still working to provide for the wounded |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/1/1861; two POWs arrive - one a
spy |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/1/1861; families who have sick
and wounded soldiers in their homes are requested to call their family
physicians or report to "hospital on 26th, near Main" (probably
Ross' factory) |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/3/1861; the number of wounded
POWs is now near 500 and more arriving; medicines will be needed |
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National
Tribune |
8/10/1899; “A Union Man in Richmond;” part four of
serial account. Describes John Minor Bott’s stay in “a negro jail in Lombard
Alley” [Castle Godwin], the economic situation in Richmond, the Battle of
First Manassas, the man who [Mr. Gretter] who tossed the first shovelful of
dirt for the Richmond defenses, the dangerous nature of “Lombard Alley”
[probably Locust Alley], and the post-war collapse of the upper floor of the
Capitol building |
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last updated on
03/12/2008
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