|
Report
of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War |
1863; prisoner's account of harsh treatment in
Richmond. Notes that while at the General Hospital (GH#1) he was
well-treated; at the tobacco warehouse he was not. Also notes that "a
lady named Van Lew" helped provide for him while in prison until she
was stopped by prison authorities |
|
Ohio
boys in Dixie..., pp.24-25 |
3/1863; description of the author's
imprisonment in Richmond. Gives a rare description of the interior of
Castle Thunder |
|
National
Tribune |
9/9/1882; brief description of
prison life on Belle Isle |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/1/1889; obituary notice for Samuel
P. Moore, former Surgeon-General of the Confederacy |
|
National
Tribune |
8/15/1889; part one of a two-part
memoir by Capt. J. W. Chamberlain, 123rd Ohio, describing at length his
imprisonment in Libby Prison |
|
National
Tribune |
4/20/1893, 4/27/1893, 5/4/1893; excerpts from
accounts of a Federal scout describing his encounter with John Van Lew,
Elizabeth's brother, at Cold Harbor, in which John Van Lew tells the scout
that if he can get a message to her, she will provide information from
Richmond. Also accounts meeting with a fleeing employee of John Van Lew,
in order not to serve in the Confederate army |
|
National
Tribune |
12/28/1893; brief account of harsh
treatment on Belle Isle - notes that he was almost killed by a train on
his way to Belle Isle |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/1/1861; Spotswood Hotel has
been opened |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/17/1861; slave of Elizabeth
Van Lew has been arrested for having a pass out of date |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/24/1861; VMI cadets have arrived
in Richmond and are quartered at the Fair Grounds (Camp Lee) and parade
for the Governor on Capitol Square |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/26/1861; VMI cadets are drilling
recruits at the Fair Grounds (Camp Lee) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/26/1861; Tredegar Iron Works
Battalion elects officers |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/3/1861; St. Francis de Sales
Hospital is ready to accept patients |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/9/1861; fire burns down
building adjacent to Libby & Son's ship chandlery (later Libby
Prison), which is saved by great exertions by firemen |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/10/1861; attempt to burn
down Libby & Son's warehouse (later Libby Prison) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/10/1861; Capt. J.E.B.
Stuart has arrived in Richmond after resigning his commission |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/10/1861; Sailors are being
recruited at the "Naval Rendezvous" which is in Libby &
Son's warehouse (later Libby Prison) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/10/1861; J. B. McCaw (later
Surgeon in Charge at Chimborazo Hospital) amongst others is raising a
company of mounted rifles |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/10/1861; advertisement for
Rees' photographic gallery |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/10/1861; volunteer company
is being raised at Springfield Hall (later General Hospital #26) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/16/1861; Richmond Howitzers have
moved from Howard's Grove to Chimborazo Hill |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/20/1861; two attempts to destroy
the Tredegar Iron Works by fire |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/22/1861; incorrect threat of fire
to the Tredegar Iron Works |
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Pennsylvania
Daily Telegraph |
7/23/1862; letter from General Geo.
A. McCall describing his imprisonment; notes that one of his officers is
held in Chimborazo Hospital |
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The
Camp, the Battle Field, and the Hospital... |
ca. 1866; by Linus P. Brockett;
excerpt (by John F. Porter) describes the author's part in the famous
Libby Prison escape and subsequent journey to Williamsburg |
|
The Lost
Cause, A New Southern History of the War... |
1866; by Edward A. Pollard; this
excerpt reprints the southern Congress' response to the prisoner issue,
written in 1865. Describes Libby Prison, General Hospital #21, and Belle
Isle |
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Life
of Jefferson Davis... |
ca. 1869; by Edward A. Pollard;
these excerpts relate to Jefferson Davis and Libby Prison, especially a
southern slant to the "mine" episode |
