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Added July 31, 2000
Richmond
Sentinel 2/26/1864; prisoners at Libby receive a gratuitous sermon
Richmond
Sentinel 5/17/1864; list of hospitals in Richmond and to
which hospitals soldiers from the various states are sent
Richmond
Examiner 5/31/1864; Confederate deserter (4th VA Cav,
Co. A) found amongst the prisoners at Libby Prison
Richmond
Examiner 6/3/1864; 275 prisoners received
at Libby Prison
Richmond
Examiner 6/9/1864; 1100 prisoners shipped
to Andersonville yesterday; Gen. Winder ordered there; Libby Prison will
be the receiving depot for prisoners taken north of Richmond, with their
destination being Andersonville
Richmond
Examiner 6/9/1864; More prisoners received
at Libby Prison
Richmond
Examiner 6/17/1864; describes the beneficial use of
tobacco warehouses as prisons and hospitals to the Confederacy
Richmond
Examiner 6/17/1864; few new prisoners at Castle
Thunder, list of those who have been admitted recently
Richmond
Examiner 6/23/1864; Confederate deserter (former Lt.
Col. of 18th TN) is found amongst Yankees at Libby Prison
Richmond
Examiner 6/27/1864; 3000 prisoners arrive in Richmond,
Libby is full and Belle Isle has been reopened
Richmond
Examiner 6/29/1864; Details of the imprisonment of Dr.
Mary Walker in Castle Thunder
Richmond
Examiner 6/29/1864; member of detail escorting
prisoners to Libby Prison is too polite to the prisoners
Richmond
Examiner 6/30/1864; notes that no money is taken from
the prisoners at Castle Thunder - the quartermaster keeps it for them
Richmond
Examiner 7/5/1864; Richmond prisons, except Castle
Thunder and Belle Isle, are nearly empty
Richmond
Examiner 7/8/1864; Belle Isle is once again
uninhabited - all the prisoners have been sent south; hostages and special
prisoners are kept at Libby
Richmond
Sentinel 1/28/1865; list of hospitals in Richmond and
to which hospitals soldiers from the various states are sent
Added July 28, 2000
Richmond
Enquirer 1/6/1862; description of a visit to
"Hospital No. 1" where wounded Yankees are being treated
Richmond
Enquirer 2/20/1862; description of the chain of command
in the prison system, list of some of the higher ranking officers now in
the "tobacco warehouses" in Richmond; 3,000 prisoners are being
paroled.
Richmond
Enquirer 2/22/1862; immigrant workers at C. S.
Laboratory arrested for not taking the oath of allegiance - released after
some confusion
Richmond
Sentinel 5/18/1863; ladies are stealing
flowers from Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond
Sentinel 5/18/1863; 882 Yankee prisoners
arrive; there are now 242 officers in Libby Prison
Richmond
Sentinel 6/18/1863; Notice announcing the formation of a
Library Association for 1st Division, Winder Hospital, and request for
books.
Richmond
Sentinel 8/8/1863; 100 prisoners arrive at
Libby Prison, 65 negroes incarcerated in Castle Thunder
Richmond
Sentinel 8/10/1863; list of hospitals in
Richmond and to which hospitals soldiers from the various states are sent
Richmond
Sentinel 8/14/1863; J. R. Anderson (Tredegar
Iron Works) buys a lot of flour to sell to his workers at cost
Richmond
Sentinel 9/26/1863; description of Libby
Prison; says 600-700 officers there
Richmond
Sentinel 9/26/1863; details of the execution
of Spencer Kellogg (convicted as a spy) at Camp Lee
Richmond
Sentinel 10/26/1863; alleged abuses in hospitals
Richmond
Sentinel 11/11/1863; details of trial of Commandant G. W. Alexander
(Castle Thunder)
Richmond
Sentinel 12/7/1863; walls of the ruined
Crenshaw Woolen Mills collapse. Notes that the mill site had recently been
purchased by Tredegar
Richmond
Sentinel 12/9/1863; G. W. Alexander,
commandant of Castle Thunder, is arrested for "malpractice in
office"
Richmond
Examiner 6/11/1864; 1100 wounded and sick
Yankee prisoners at GH21
Richmond
Examiner 6/17/1864; few inmates in Libby Prison - most
of them are being sent south to Andersonville as fast as they come in
Richmond
Examiner 6/22/1864; Libby Prison is now recording the
country of origin of prisoners
Richmond
Examiner 6/29/1864; description of boxing match at
Castle Thunder and reception of new prisoners
Richmond
Examiner 7/5/1864; No new admittees at the cage
Richmond
Examiner 7/14/1864; escape attempt at Libby
Prison
Richmond
Examiner 7/19/1864; department at Castle
Thunder is reserved for " depraved
and abandoned women "
Richmond
Examiner 7/19/1864; John J. Lindsay,
arrested for falsely claiming that he was the agent for Chimborazo, proves
that he is (or was) and is released
Added July 27, 2000
Richmond
Dispatch 11/4/1861; Yankee prisoners, taken
to Chimborazo, make their escape
Richmond
Dispatch 11/4/1861; 2,685 prisoners have
come to Richmond so far; those who remain number 1,714
Richmond
Dispatch 2/18/1862; St. Charles Hotel (GH#8) unoccupied, needs fixing
up for hospital
Richmond
Sentinel 5/16/1863; fire at Crenshaw Mills and Tredegar Iron Works
Richmond
Sentinel 9/26/1863; Virginia Army Agency's list of wounded &
transport to Chimborazo
Richmond
Examiner 6/2/1864; 700 Yankees in GH21; "Ligon's
factory" opened to handle the excess numbers
Richmond
Examiner 6/23/1864; Ladies bearing food and goodies are
turned away from Stuart Hospital and demand an explanation
Richmond
Examiner 6/24/1864; explanation from surgeon in charge
of Stuart Hospital as to why ladies were refused admittance
Added July 25, 2000
Richmond
Dispatch 9/6/1861; J. R. Anderson (Tredegar Iron Works)
promoted to Brigadier General
Richmond
Dispatch 9/6/1861; Yankee surgeon, tending to prisoners,
has made his escape
Richmond
Enquirer 1/4/1862; "Humors of Prison Life;"
details about the Richmond Prison Association and their song
Richmond
Enquirer 1/14/1862; Yankee prisoners at Atkinson's
factory have destroyed machinery and tobacco in their prison
Richmond
Enquirer 1/20/1862; Lt. Hairston relieved of command of
C. S. Military Prison by Capt. Godwin
Richmond
Enquirer 1/28/1862; explosion at the Confederate
Laboratory
Richmond
Enquirer 2/6/1862; Fire at Liggon's prison; no one
injured
Richmond
Examiner 5/16/1863; Belle Isle is vacant of
prisoners
Richmond
Examiner 5/16/1863; Polish soldiers in Libby
Prison
Richmond
Examiner 5/16/1863; fire at Crenshaw Mills and Tredegar Iron Works
Richmond
Examiner 5/18/1863; Tredegar employees are
retaining their jobs, despite damage to the works
Richmond
Examiner 7/4/1863; damaged Tredegar
departments are being restored to operation; Crenshaw mills will not be
rebuilt
Richmond
Examiner 5/20/1864; General Gordon dies at the
Officer's Hospital (GH#4)
Richmond
Examiner 5/30/1864; AAG for Gen. Bragg inspects Libby
Prison and Castle Thunder and finds them pleasing
Richmond
Examiner 5/30/1864; 157 prisoners admitted to Libby
Prison
Richmond
Examiner 7/1/1864; Belle Isle has been re-opened as a
prison
Richmond
Examiner 7/1/1864; Sutler's post at Castle Thunder has
been abolished
New York
Times 2/25/1888; architect believes it possible to
move Libby Prison; ground where it stood should be sold to the government
for use as a park
Richmond
Dispatch 7/12/1891; letter to the editor regarding
treatment of Confederates in Libby Prison after the evacuation of Richmond
Added July 21, 2000
Trowbridge,
John T., The South... 1866 account of the author's travels
to Richmond and the adjoining battlefields. Good material on Belle Isle,
Brown's Island, Libby Prison, battlefields near the city, Camp Lee; makes
passing reference to George Fitzhugh living at Camp Lee, a destitute
Debow's
Review 10/1866; "Camp Lee and the
Freedman's Bureau;" mostly a racist diatribe, gives a few details
into the camp's operation. By George Fitzhugh
The
Century Magazine 11/1889; explanation of the shooting
episode given in "Col. Rose's Tunnel at Libby Prison" article
from former guard.
The
Century Magazine 1/1890; two letters refuting claims
that guards did not fire into Libby Prison
Scribner's
Monthly, July 1877 7/1877; "Richmond Since the
War" - good material on Tredegar Iron Works, Belle Isle, Libby
Prison, Oakwood Cemetery, and Capital Square
Added July 12, 2000 Wartime photographs made by C.
R. Rees , in Richmond, 1863.
Added July 10, 2000
Richmond
Examiner 5/20/1864; Yankee colonel who
arrived at Libby was wearing bullet-proof armor.
Richmond
Examiner 5/23/1864; list of Yankee officers in the
Libby Prison hospital; notes that there are 85 prisoners currently in
Libby
Richmond
Examiner 5/28/1864; Second-class militia detailed to
guard prisons and hospitals while regulars are in the field
Wisconsin
MOLLUS, Vol. I, Milwaukee, 1891, pp. 394-409 6/3/1891; By Bvt. Brig. Gen. Harrison C.
Hobart, entitled: "Libby Prison - The Escape." Describes Life in
Libby Prison from 9/30/1863 until his escape on Feb. 9th, 1864, and then
the events surrounding his return to Union lines.
Confederate
Veteran , Vol. XVII (1909) p. 114 "Tunneling Out of Libby
Prison;" account from John Mitchell, one of the digging party on how
the tunnel was made
Added July 8, 2000
Richmond
Examiner 5/16/1864; Ten prisoners arrive at Libby
Prison; the bulk of prisoner's from the Army of the Potomac are going
straight to Lynchburg
Richmond
Examiner 5/16/1864; "Idlers" will no longer
be allowed to visit the hospitals
Richmond
Examiner 5/16/1864; 1300 wounded arrive at Seabrook's
warehouse (GH#9)
Richmond
Examiner 5/16/1864; Yankee wounded are being treated at
General Hospital #21
Richmond
Examiner 5/16/1864; "The Winder Guards," a
unit made up of prisoners from Castle Thunder are on duty "at the
front"
Richmond
Examiner 5/17/1864; Howard's Grove, Winder, Jackson,
and Receiving (GH#9) Hospitals need nurses
Richmond
Examiner 5/28/1864; VMI cadets parade and receive a new
stand of colors
Richmond
Examiner 5/28/1864; total number of prisoners
registered at Libby Prison since July 1861 is ninety-seven thousand
Richmond
Examiner 5/28/1864; The Winder Legion, a unit comprised
of prisoners from Castle Thunder, has acquitted itself well in the field;
Davis granted them amnesty, and they are now seeking permanent status
Richmond
Dispatch 2/10/1888; More on the Libby Prison purchase;
payment details discussed; details of plans for the building
New York
Times 2/11/1888; strong protest to Libby Prison's
move to Chicago from former Captain, Co. H, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry
New York
Times 2/15/1888; strong protest to Libby Prison's
move to Chicago from former Captain, Co. K, 146th N.Y. Infantry
Richmond
Dispatch 2/28/1888; Deed for Libby Prison sale has been
recorded; strong opposition opinions from Chicago residents
Richmond
Dispatch 4/17/1889; work on tearing down Libby Prison
will commence in a few days; spectators are charged to watch; details on
the removal plans
New York
Times 5/8/1889; Train carrying pieces of Libby Prison
to Chicago has wrecked
Richmond
Dispatch 5/11/1889; Details on the removal of Libby
Prison to Chicago; half the material has already been removed; opinions of
Chicagoans
Richmond
Dispatch 9/25/1900; Elizabeth Van Lew is near death
Richmond
Dispatch 9/26/1900; Elizabeth Van Lew has died, will be
buried Friday. Details on relatives and friends attending as well as
details on her home
New York
Times 9/26/1900; Obituary notice for Elizabeth Van
Lew, notes that she was 83 years old
Richmond
Dispatch 9/27/1900; Elizabeth Van Lew's funeral will be
held tomorrow; has been postponed to allow her relatives to arrive
Richmond
Dispatch 12/6/1901; Dick Turner, former assistant
commandant of Libby Prison, has died
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