|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/7/1862; paragraph on plans for
burning warehouses if Yankees get to Richmond |
|
Richmond Dispatch |
5/16/1862; report on meeting at City Hall for city defense. Tredegar
Battalion key part of city defences; Mayor Mayo says he would rather die
than surrender the city |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/4/1865; excellent account of the evacuation
and burning of Richmond |
|
New
York Herald |
4/4/1865; Details on the fall of Richmond and
subsequent occupation - notes the reception of the Union soldiers in
Richmond has been very pleasant |
|
New
York Herald |
4/5/1865; Details on the Federal occupation of
Richmond - notes that much railroad stock was captured at Richmond |
|
New
York Herald |
4/6/1865; Details on the Federal occupation of
Richmond - notes that the furniture in the White House of the Confederacy
was left behind, and that Tredegar survived the fire. Libby Prison and
Castle Thunder are now full of Confederate prisoners |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/6/1865; account of the escape of the
prisoners from the State Penitentiary on the night of the evacuation |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/6/1865; Official directory of Union
officials in Richmond |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/6/1865; account of the escape of two
unionists from Castle Thunder on evacuation night |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/6/1865; Richmond Fire Brigade has begun
demolishing the ruins |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/6/1865; excellent, and lengthy, account
of the evacuation and burning of Richmond |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/7/1865; 8 paupers at the Alms House were
killed in the city magazine explosion |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/7/1865; last rebel and first union patrons at
the Spottswood hotel |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/7/1865; records of the Circuit Court,
including deeds and wills were destroyed in the fire |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/7/1865; the Southern Express Company's
offices, including pending shipments, was destroyed in the fire |
|
New York Times |
4/8/1865;
excellent article, sent on April 4, describing Lincoln’s visit to Richmond;
states Lincoln arrived at 2 PM, throng of freed slaves, etc. Leaves Richmond
at 6:30. Also notes that Admiral Farragut visited Richmond on April 4 and
left the same day. Also remarks on the evacuation fire, destruction, and
rumors swirling around the city. |
|
New
York Herald |
4/9/1865; Description of Abraham Lincoln at the
White House of the Confederacy and on the USS Malvern |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/10/1865; Manchester, undamaged by fire, is
now connected to Richmond by a pontoon bridge |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/10/1865; extensive list of property damage
caused by the evacuation fire |
|
New York
Times |
4/11/1865; Article
describing the White House of the Confederacy, the military governance of
the city, the destruction done by the fire (particularly to the mills), the
newspapers in Richmond and what has become of the editors, and an extremely
detailed account of the jubilee meeting at First African Baptist Church.
|
|
New
York Herald |
4/12/1865; notes the visit of President Lincoln
to Richmond, the parade of the XXIV Corps through town, and efforts by local
capitalists [including J. R. Anderson] to bring VA back into the Union.
Losses due to fire are 2/3 the city's assessed value |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/12/1865; Tredegar Iron Works remain intact
because workers helped extinguish fires |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/12/1865; description of public losses in
the fire; ie: bridges, etc |
|
New
York Herald |
4/13/1865; excellent letter from Richmond
describing the Federal occupation of Richmond, mentions Tredegar, former
slaves, Rocketts, former rebel hospitals (Chimborazo, Jackson, Stuart) - All
patients now at Jackson, Stuart Hospital is now a US Post Hospital.
Dahlgren's body found and is being returned to Washington. Castle Thunder
and Libby Prison are now holding Confederates. Also notes veneration of
Robert E. Lee in Richmond |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/14/1865; Gen. Weitzel is replaced by Gen. Ord
as commander of the Richmond occupying forces |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/15/1865; incredible list of the property
destroyed in the evacuation fire |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/26/1865; several gunboats that have been
scuttled in the James river have been raised and salvaged |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/27/1865; Description of the explosion of the
City Magazine on evacuation night and damage to the almshouse |
|
New York Times |
4/30/1865;
Episcopal Churches are still closed. Author met Mathew Brady in Richmond
4/22/1865 and remarks on his photographs of Robert E. Lee. |
|
Richmond
Whig |
5/27/1865; says the first Union flag to fly in
Richmond was flown over Libby by an escaped prisoner |
|
Rutland
[VT] Herald |
4/10/1865; correspondent from the 9th Vermont
describes entry into fallen Richmond; notes that they were the first into
Richmond |
| Harper's New Monthly Magazine 33 (1866),
pp. 92-96. |
Leyburn, John. "The Fall of
Richmond." |
| Richmond
Occupied... |
no date; EXCELLENT account of the fall of Richmond by the
General Godfrey Weitzel who
received the surrender of the city. Many important details about Lincoln's
visit, and the instructions given by him to Weitzel. |
| Southern Historical Society Papers Vol.
9 (1881), pp. 206-211. |
Bruce, H. W. "Some
Reminiscences of the Second of April, 1865." |
| Southern Historical Society Papers Vol.
11 (1883), pp. 542-559. |
White, W. S. "Stray
Leaves from a Soldier's Journal." |
| Southern Historical Society Papers Vol.
13 (1885), pp. 255-257. |
Lee, G. W. C. "Evacuation
of Richmond: Report of General G. W. C. Lee, from the 2d to the 6th of
April, 1865." |
| Southern Historical Society Papers Vol.
13 (1885), p. 247. |
Ewell, Richard S. "Evacuation of Richmond: Report of
General R. S. Ewell." Letter from Ewell to Robert E. Lee, December 20, 1865. |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
12/16/1888; "Our Richmond Mobs;"
details on the Bread Riot, the evacuation mob, and others |
| Battles & Leaders Vol. 4 (1893): pp.
725-726. |
Sulivane, Clement. "The
Fall of Richmond: No. I -The Evacuation," |
| Richmond
Dispatch |
2/10/1893; Stevens, Fred. S. "The
First Federal to Enter Richmond." |
| Confederate Veteran Vol. 13, p. 305. |
Miller, Mrs. Fannie Walker. "The Fall of
Richmond." |
| Confederate Veteran Vol. 16, p. 397. |
Wood, H. E. "More of the Last Defense of
Richmond." Reprint from Richmond Times-Dispatch. |
| Confederate Veteran Vol. 17, p. 474. |
Sanford, D. B. "Last Confederate Command
to Leave Richmond." |
| Confederate Veteran Vol. 17, p. 474. |
Sturgis, H. H. "About
the Burning of Richmond." |
| Confederate Veteran Vol. 17, p. 24. |
Watehall, E. T. "Fall
of Richmond, April 2, 1865." |
| Confederate Veteran Vol. 18, p. 432. |
Gerald, S. A. "Last Soldiers to Leave
Richmond." |
| Confederate Veteran Vol. 22, p. 303. |
Timberlake, W L. "The Last Days in Front
of Richmond." |
| Confederate Veteran Vol. 29, pp.
412-414. |
Timberlake, W L. "In the Siege of Richmond
and After." |
| Confederate Veteran Vol. 37, pp.
458-459. |
Southall, John R. "Recollections of the
Evacuation of Richmond." |
| Confederate Veteran Vol. 39, pp.
205-206. |
Doyle, J. H. "When Richmond Was
Evacuated." |
| Richmond
Dispatch |
11/24/1895; Atkinson, John Wilder, and others.
"The Evacuation of Richmond, April 3, 1863, and the Disastrous
Conflagration Incident Thereon." |
| Richmond Dispatch, |
4/25/1897; "Burning
of Richmond: Incidents of the City's Evacuation Described." By R.
T. W. Duke |
| Richmond
Dispatch |
7/4/1897; Averill, J. H. "Richmond,
Virginia: The Evacuation of the City and the Days Preceding It." |
|
National
Tribune |
7/12/1900; good account of the fall of Richmond
in 1865, by a boy who lived on Church Hill; notes that advancing Union
troops were fired upon from convalescent patients from Chimborazo |
|
National
Tribune |
9/27/1900;
"The Fall of Richmond" Part one of Hiram
Peck's [10th CT Inf] excellent memoir describing advancing on Richmond from Fort
Burnham on April 3, 1865, and the occupation of Richmond. Gives an
interesting description of seeing a copy of the Richmond Sentinel
meant to be published that day. Notes on number of rail cars captured. |
|
National
Tribune |
10/4/1900; "The Fall of Richmond"
Part two of Hiram Peck's memoir. Describes Lincoln's visit to Richmond,
details of the evacuation fire, the reopening of the Richmond Theater, and
response to Lee's surrender in Richmond. Mentions Castle Thunder detectives
being locked in Libby, and gives a description of Hollywood Cemetery. |
| McClure's (Dec. 1900), pp. 99-107. |
Mallory, Stephen. "Last Days of the
Confederate Government." |
| Richmond
Dispatch |
2/3/1902; Tucker, Dallas. "The
Fall of Richmond." |
|
National
Tribune |
10/30/1902; letter describes the
fire in Richmond threatening Libby Prison and Castle Thunder, and the author
broke open the door to let prisoners out. |
| Southern Historical Society Papers Vol.
30 (1902), pp. 308-309. |
Langdon, Loomis L. "First
Federals to Enter Richmond," |
| New Orleans Picayune, October 4-11, 1903 |
Howard, McHenry. "Closing
Scenes of the War About Richmond." |
|
NY
MOLLUS, Vol. III, 1907, pp. 472-502 |
Ripley,
Edward H., "Final Scenes at
the Capture and Occupation of Richmond, April 3, 1865." |
|
Richmond
Times-Dispatch |
12/5/1909; excellent reminiscence of
the fall of Richmond |
| Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
Vol. 73 (Apr. 1965), pp. 178-198. |
Paul, Alfred. "A French View of the Fall
of Richmond: Alfred Paul's Report to Drouyn de Lhuys, April 11,
1865." Warren F. Spencer, ed. |
| Virginia Cavalcade (summer 1969), pp.
38-47. |
Kimball, William J. "Richmond 1865: The
Final Three Months." |
| American Magazine and Historical Chronicle |
autumn-winter 1992, pp. 2-21. Handy, Moses
Purnell. "The Fall of Richmond in 1865: A Compelling Eyewitness
Narrative of the Confederate Collapse." |
