|
Richmond Dispatch |
11/12/1860; British account of the Prince of Wales’ trip to Richmond - notes
on the ill-taste of the "ruffianly" Richmond crowds, the Prince’s visit to
the state Capitol (important anecdote about the Houdon statue), St. Paul’s
Church, the fair grounds, Hollywood Cemetery, Governor’s Mansion, Ballard
House |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/1/1861;
flowery description of Hollywood Cemetery; should be "ornament of the
city." |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/19/1861; description of funeral
of Micajah Bates in Hollywood Cemetery |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/31/1861; two deaths (at Mason's
Hall and Bellevue respectively) and burial at Hollywood cemetery |
|
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 |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/20/1861; paragraph on
grave-digging at Hollywood; nearly 100 soldier graves already |
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Richmond Dispatch |
1/21/1862; John Tyler will be buried today in Hollywood Cemetery, near
President Monroe. |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
1/22/1862; description of the funeral of
ex-president John Tyler and burial at Hollywood cemetery |
|
Richmond
Whig |
1/22/1862; Description of the
funeral of Pres. John Tyler. Body taken from the "Hall of Congress" to St.
Paul's, where the funeral sermon was delivered, and thence to Hollywood
Cemetery. Notes that the weather was exceedingly bad. |
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Richmond
Whig |
1/24/1862; Senate proposes a
monument to John Tyler in Hollywood Cemetery. Governor states that the lot
of ground near James Monroe was not large enough to accommodate Tyler's
remains, and he was placed in the "outer circle," which the governor
recommends the state purchase. |
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Richmond
Whig |
2/17/1862; description of the
funeral of Capt. O. J. Wise at St. James' Church and Hollywood Cemetery. A
large number of people came to see the body while it was lying in state, in
a metallic coffin, in the Confederate Senate Room at the Capitol. |
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Richmond
Whig |
2/18/1862; burial statistics of the
Shockoe Hill Cemetery for the quarter ending 1/31/1862. Notes also that 37
POWs were buried during the same time. Gives statistics for previous years
as well. Notes that they have not seen such a report for Hollywood Cemetery.
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|
Richmond Dispatch |
3/6/1862; vandalism at Hollywood Cemetery |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
3/6/1862; monuments vandalized at Hollywood
Cemetery |
|
Richmond Dispatch |
3/7/1862; Hollywood Cemetery offering $100 reward for capture of recent
vandals |
|
Richmond Dispatch |
3/12/1862; Hollywood Cemetery asks City Council for land to expand; Wm. H.
Johnson looking to recoup losses from plastering Alms House |
|
Richmond Dispatch |
5/21/1862; editorial protest against skinny dippers in stream at Hollywood &
canal |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
5/27/1862; "Vandalism" at Hollywood cemetery -
to wit: flowers picked from the grounds and trees disturbed |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/12/1862; Hollywood Cemetery is expanding to
accommodate the Confederate dead |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
7/12/1862; description of the
debate in City Council over Hollywood Cemetery's expansion and Oakwood's
problem with lack of laborers |
|
Richmond Dispatch |
7/16/1862;
soldiers being buried at Clark’s Spring, adjacent to Hollywood. City Council
votes to open up 60 acres at Oakwood instead. |
|
New
York Herald |
7/28/1862; wonderful general description of the
city of Richmond - mentions, Hollywood, Tredegar, the Almshouse, appearance
of the prisons, Odd Fellows Hall, and the James River and Kanawha Canal |
|
Richmond Dispatch |
8/18/1862; obit.
of General Winder. Body arrived 7/17. Funeral Capitol Square, burial
Hollywood |
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Richmond
Whig |
8/18/1862; Gen. C. S. Winder’s body
arrived and lay in state in the Capitol. He will be buried in Hollywood
Cemetery. |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
8/19/1862; description of the burial
of Gen. C. S. Winder in Hollywood Cemetery |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
10/16/1862; rosy and verbose description of a
visit to the soldier's section of Hollywood Cemetery |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/13/1863; editorial lamentation
that Jackson's remains will not be buried in Hollywood Cemetery |
|
Richmond
Sentinel |
5/18/1863; ladies are stealing
flowers from Hollywood Cemetery |
|
Richmond
Sentinel |
6/4/1863; people are stealing flowers from
Hollywood and Shockoe cemeteries |
|
RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 199.5,
p. 111 |
10/15/1863; Jno. McCabe is appointed Chaplain
at Libby Prison, in addition to his duties at Hollywood cemetery |
|
Richmond
Whig |
3/28/1864; man caught stealing locks
at Hollywood Cemetery |
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Richmond
Whig |
3/29/1864; more on the lock-stealer
at Hollywood |
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Richmond
Whig |
3/30/1864; more on the lock-stealer
at Hollywood |
|
Richmond
Whig |
5/2/1864; description of the death
of little Joseph Davis, son of Pres. Jefferson Davis, in a fall from a
balcony at the Confederate White House. |
|
Richmond
Whig |
5/14/1864; description of the
funeral of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart and interment in Hollywood Cemetery; gives
list of pall-bearers, including Pres. Davis, many generals, and members of
Congress |
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Richmond
Examiner |
6/4/1864; description of the
funeral of a member of the Fayette Artillery, who was killed at Cold
Harbor, and his interment in Hollywood Cemetery |
|
Richmond
Sentinel |
9/15/1864; Gen. Morgan's remains
will arrive in the city soon and be taken to the State Capitol to lie in
state, and then be buried at Hollywood until Kentucky can take him home |
|
Richmond
Sentinel |
9/17/1864; description of Gen.
Morgan's body lying in state in the Capitol, and burial at Hollywood |
|
Richmond
Whig |
9/17/1864; description of the
arrival of Gen Morgan's remains via the Danville train, their lying in state
in the Capitol building and burial in Hollywood cemetery |
|
Richmond
Whig |
9/17/1864; Rev. George Patterson of
the Episcopal Church, officiated at Gen. Morgan's funeral |
|
Richmond
Sentinel |
10/10/1864; brief paragraph
describing the burial of General Gregg in Hollywood |
|
Richmond
Whig |
10/10/1864;
description of the funeral of Gen. John
Gregg, of Texas, and procession from the Capitol to Hollywood Cemetery. |
|
Hughes, Thomas. A Boy's
Experiences in the Civil War 1860-1865, 1904 |
late 1864;
excellent description of the VMI cadets' use of the Alms House as barracks
and classrooms and cadet life in general; also mentions the cadets tending
Confederate graves in Hollywood cemetery after the war |
|
Richmond
Sentinel |
1/7/1865; duel occurs at Clark's
Spring, near Hollywood Cemetery |
| 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 |
| "The
Death of Major-General J. E. B. Stuart." |
Unknown author. Includes
reprint from Richmond Examiner. Southern Historical Society Papers
7 (1879), pp. 107-110. |
| "Richmond
Scenes in '62." |
Harrison, Constance Cary. Battles
& Leaders 2: 439-448. |
| "First
Burial of General Hill's Remains." |
Hill, G. Powell. Southern
Historical Society Papers 31 (1891), pp. 183-186. |
| "It Was
Obedience Even Unto Death: Grave in Hollywood Recalls a Story of Devotion
to Duty." |
Stiles, Robert. Reprint from
Richmond Times, October 29, 1899. SHSP 27 (1899), pp. 17-25. |
|
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. |
| "The
Confederate Tradition of Richmond." |
Freeman, Douglas Southall. Richmond
Magazine, June 1932, p. 42. |
