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Richmond
Dispatch
8/15/1861; Yankee POW escapes from
Harwood's Factory, but recaptured - details on capture by Henrico minister
Richmond
Dispatch
8/15/1861; note from Mrs. Judge
Hopkins, thanking donors to Alabama Hospital
Richmond
Dispatch
8/15/1861; Armory is taking bids
for building a brick wall
Richmond
Dispatch
8/16/1861; 4th Company of Richmond
Howitzers are gathering at New Fairgrounds (Camp Lee)
Richmond
Dispatch
8/17/1861; Mrs. A. F. Hopkins of
Mobile in town, collecting & disbursing supplies for Ladies Military
Aid Society of Mobile
Richmond
Dispatch
8/17/1861; 2 escapees from
Harwood's recaptured in King William County
Richmond
Dispatch
8/20/1861; detailed account of
visit to Alms House Prison Hospital
Richmond
Dispatch
8/20/1861; paragraph on
grave-digging at Hollywood; nearly 100 soldier graves already
Richmond
Dispatch
8/21/1861; ad for someone to
superintend St. Charles Hospital
Richmond
Dispatch
8/22/1861; 2 POWs recaptured after
escaping from Main St. prison
Richmond
Dispatch
8/22/1861; 14th AL encamped just
beyond Bloody Run gully; dress parades "occur on the level ground
just above the gully" (Chimborazo Hill)
Richmond
Dispatch
8/22/1861; short extract from
letter of Yankee POW, describing prison building
Richmond
Dispatch
8/23/1861; excellent description of
Springfield Hospital
Richmond
Dispatch
8/23/1861; resident students needed
at Medical College Hospital
Richmond
Dispatch
8/23/1861; Pattern maker needed at
the Armory
Richmond
Dispatch
8/24/1861; note from Co. B,
Tredegar Bn., thanking J. R. Anderson and others for contributing towards
uniforming the company
Richmond
Dispatch
8/24/1861; Springfield Hospital
needs one cook & one washerwoman
Richmond
Dispatch
8/26/1861; lists two Yankee
officers who died recently at Alms House
Richmond
Dispatch
8/26/1861; member of CS guard at
Ligon's factory shoots his officer
Richmond
Dispatch
8/26/1861; list of prominent Yankee
POWs at Alms House
Joseph
R. Anderson CSR, M331
7/14/1862; Joseph R. Anderson's
letter of resignation as Brigadier General from the C. S. Army; cites the
need for him at Tredegar Iron Works
Added December 20, 2001
Anthony's
Photographic Bulletin
7/1882; written by Capt. A. J. Russell,
describes photographing with T. C. Roche during the war, gives anecdotes
surrounding Dutch Gap and Petersburg images
Added December 12, 2001
Map of Richmond , showing the known locations
of the wartime hospitals.
Added December 11, 2001
Added December 6, 2001
Richmond
Dispatch
8/3/1861; Jas. H. Burton, Supt. C.
S. Armory, taking bids for stone.
Richmond
Dispatch
8/5/1861; 74 new Yankee POWs arrive
- housed at prison in Jefferson Ward
Richmond
Dispatch
8/6/1861; Medical College Hospital
needs servant & washerwoman
Richmond
Dispatch
8/6/1861; Henrico Liberty Guard to
meet at Company G Hall
Richmond
Dispatch
8/6/1861; Geo. Watt & Co.
selling bowie knives & Artillery swords
Richmond
Dispatch
8/6/1861; 17 Yankee POWs have died
in Richmond so far
Richmond
Dispatch
8/6/1861; soldier from the 20th VA
died at the St. Charles Hospital
Richmond
Dispatch
8/6/1861; funeral of soldier from
St. Charles Hospital
Richmond
Dispatch
8/7/1861; Court Martial at
Hermitage Fair Grounds. Col. Wigfall to be President
Richmond
Dispatch
8/7/1861; ad for tobacco from
Turpin & Yarbrough's factory
Richmond
Dispatch
8/8/1861; nearly 300 Yankee POWs at
Alms House; mentions Col. Wilcox and Capt. Ricketts being there
Richmond
Dispatch
8/8/1861; Mrs. Judge Hopkins'
hospital, 5th bw Clay & Leigh, remarkably neat, etc
Richmond
Dispatch
8/10/1861; sawdust sprinkled on
Wall st. to deaden noise near St. Charles Hospital
Richmond
Dispatch
8/13/1861; St. Charles Hospital
"greatly in need of nurses"
Added December 2, 2001
Richmond
Dispatch
7/16/1861; POWs from Yorktown
arrive, and are taken to the prison depot; some are from the "scum of
Baltimore," and one a spy
Richmond
Dispatch
7/17/1861; Hotel arrivals; Dr. Thom
and Thomas Clingman are at the Spotswood
Richmond
Dispatch
7/17/1861; 5th North Carolina
arrives in Richmond and goes into camp near Howard's Grove
Richmond
Dispatch
7/18/1861; some prisoners removed
from the Prison depot to parts unknown
Richmond
Dispatch
7/18/1861; notes that negro workers
on the fortifications seem to happy to be aiding "their native
state"
Richmond
Dispatch
7/18/1861; Henrico Liberty Guard
will attend meetings at Company G Hall
Richmond
Dispatch
7/19/1861; description of funeral
of Micajah Bates in Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond
Dispatch
7/19/1861; two cows strayed from
George Watt
Richmond
Dispatch
7/23/1861; 4th company of Richmond
Howitzers, camped at the New Fair Grounds, need 30 men to bring them up to
full strength
Richmond
Dispatch
7/23/1861; Captain of the
Washington Artillery is wounded and in Richmond in a private home; many
members of the Montgomery guard are in the Medical College hospital
Richmond
Dispatch
7/26/1861; 17 Union surgeons are
POWs; one is the son of a big New York tobacco merchant and is in Howard's
factory
Richmond
Dispatch
7/31/1861; lists of patients in the
city are at the Intelligence Office at the St. Charles Hospital
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
National
Archives, RG 109
3/16/1865; Jackson Battalion moved
from Jackson Hospital to the front, under the command of Col. Ship,
commanding the VMI Corps. Reports on their good conduct
Richmond
Dispatch
7/11/1866; excellent description of
the leveling of most of the former defenses of Richmond; almost
celebratory in tone
Toledo Blade
6/9/1887; gives description of life on Belle
Isle in late 1863 and early 1864; includes account of the dog-slaying
incident; mentions that he was also in Pemberton Prison for a brief time
Added December 1, 2001
Richmond
Dispatch
5/30/1861; great description of the
arrival of President Jefferson Davis in Richmond and the celebration in
the city as he is escorted to Spotswood Hotel; later he reviewed the
troops at Camp Lee
Richmond
Dispatch
7/31/1861; 78 wounded POWs brought
to Richmond, including a Richmonder in exile
Richmond
Dispatch
7/31/1861; two deaths (at Mason's
Hall and Bellevue respectively) and burial at Hollywood cemetery
Richmond
Dispatch
7/31/1861; Henrico Liberty Guard is
organizing at Company G Hall
Richmond
Dispatch
7/31/1861; applications for
clothing for wounded or sick soldiers can be made at St. Charles Hospital
(future GH#8)
Richmond
Dispatch
8/1/1861; funeral of a
Mississippian will take place at St. Charles Hospital (future GH#8)
Richmond
Dispatch
8/1/1861; two POWs arrive - one a
spy
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)
Richmond
Dispatch
8/2/1861; statistics of city
tobacco warehouses, including Seabrook's, showing a marked decline from
the same time a year before
Richmond
Dispatch
8/2/1861; soldiers encamped near
Hollywood Cemetery are requested not to fire their weapons into the
cemetery, after funeral attendee is struck by a spent bullet
Richmond
Dispatch
8/2/1861; 70 wounded POWs brought
to Richmond
Richmond
Dispatch
8/2/1861; 15 negro men wanted to
work in the Alms House Hospital
Richmond
Dispatch
8/3/1861; the number of wounded
POWs is now near 500 and more arriving; medicines will be needed
Richmond
Dispatch
8/3/1861; Cook, Servants, and
Cleaning Women needed at the St. Charles Hospital.
Richmond
Dispatch
8/3/1861; 3 Chambermaids and a
Porter are needed at the Spotswood Hotel
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