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Mechanics' Institute :: |
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Information about the Mechanics' Institute in Richmond, VA during
the Civil War. |
located on Ninth street, facing the intersection of 9th and Bank street, this
building served a variety of purposes, but for most of the war, served as the
headquarters for the Confederate War and Navy Departments. During the early part
of the war, R. E. Lee had his office here. The building did not survive the
evacuation fire.
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Richmond Dispatch |
10/30/1860; nice description of the Mechanics’
Institute Fair and its attractions |
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Richmond Dispatch |
10/31/1860; diamond ring, old coin, and
embroidered skirt stolen from the Mechanics’ Institute fair |
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Richmond Dispatch |
10/31/1860; the Mechanics’ Institute fair will
close today |
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Richmond Dispatch |
11/2/1860; paragraph about the Steam fire
engine that was exhibited at the Mechanics’ Institute, now property of the
city |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
4/15/1861; Mechanics' Institute was
"splendidly illuminated" last night |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
5/29/1861; ladies of the Monumental
Church are doing work for the soldiers in the Mechanics' Institute |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
5/29/1861; Richmond Home Artillery
will meet tonight at the Mechanics' Institute |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
6/10/1861; Mechanics'
Institute is being cleared out; the War Department and Patent Office will
soon have their offices here |
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Richmond Dispatch |
3/13/1862; Major John C. Porter Provost Marshal of the City, with Godwin
commanding eastern half and John C. Maynard the western half; Passport
office to 9th & Broad & Winder to house on 9th beside Mechanics’
Institute |
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Richmond Dispatch |
11/28/1862;
“DeLeon” at Mechanics Hall adv for box stolen from RR depot |
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Richmond Dispatch |
12/18/1862; J. B.
Jones, War Dept., adv for boarding for lady & three children, near an
Episcopal Church |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
6/30/1894;
great description of Richmond for the Confederate reunion, focusing on how
much has changed since the war |
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Richmond Dispatch |
7/1/1862; C. S.
Cavalry escorting POWS on 6/29 brings 3 flags: U.S., N. J. State flag, &
Massachusetts regimental flag. Deposited in War Office. |
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Richmond Dispatch |
11/26/1862; City
council minutes: quarter ending 10/31/1862 at Shockoe – 291 white males,
total interned – 384, plus 189 negroes; basement of Mechanics’ Hall crowded
by storage of 100 benches owned by the city |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
8/31/1864; shell explodes in a
foundry in rear of the War Department building (Mechanics' Institute) |
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National
Tribune |
7/27/1899; "A Union Man in
Richmond;" description of sentiment in Richmond leading up to secession;
John Minor Botts' speech at the African Church, and the Secession Convention
in the Mechanics' Institute. |
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07/11/2008
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