probably the tobacco factory of Talbott & Bonn, on the west side of 18th
street, between Main and Cary. This building is listed in the 1860 directory as
"Talber & Bonn," but appears
in numerous sources as Talbott & Bro.
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Richmond
Dispatch |
2/13/1862;
Talbot & Brother, owners of “extensive
foundry corner of 17th and Cary” sold everything intact to Navy Dept. |
|
Richmond Dispatch |
3/28/1862; one of Talbott & Bro.’s negroes shot |
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Richmond Dispatch |
6/7/1862; frame
work of Mayo Bridge threatened by flooding; flood produced 2 ft water in
basement of Libby Prison & CS Machine Ship (Talbott’s) had 3-4 feet. |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/1/1862; "Libby buildings" are
insufficient to hold the influx of Union prisoners - new prison being
fitted up on 18th street |
|
Richmond Dispatch |
7/2/1862; nearly
1000 POWs arrived on 7/1. Some officers named. McCall at Spotswood – paroled
to stay in city. He will be moved to “the quarters now being prepared on 18th
street” when they are ready for “all the abolition officers” |
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Richmond
Examiner |
7/2/1862; list of prisons in use at
Richmond, including Libby and others |
|
Richmond
Examiner |
7/5/1862; 125 Union officers
formerly at Libby Prison have been moved from Libby prison to the new
officers' prison on 18th street |
|
Richmond
Examiner |
7/5/1862; Gens. McCall, Reynolds
& Rankin have been moved from the Spotswood Hotel to
"Bond's" warehouse on 18th st. |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/8/1862; excellent details on Richmond
prisons: Libby, Barrett's, Greanor & Palmer's factories, Officer's
prison on 18th street. |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/9/1862; description of "Yankee
Officers’ Quarters" on 18th street |
|
Richmond Dispatch |
7/14/1862; 164
POWs arrived in city 7/12/1862 – officers listed |
|
Richmond Dispatch |
7/19/1862; List
of Yankee officers sent north on 7/18 |
|
Richmond Dispatch |
7/19/1862; great
article on Gen. McCall misbehaving at 18th Street prison |
|
Philadelphia
Press |
7/22/1862; lists of Pennsylvania
prisoners in Richmond; describes prison of Reynolds and McCall |
|
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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Pittsburgh
Gazette |
7/23/1862; List of Pennsylvania soldiers in
Richmond prisons |
|
Richmond Dispatch |
7/28/1862; 1100
WIA POWs sent away over the weekend. 300 more arrive from Savage’s. Talbott
& Bonn’s Factory, 18th Street, still has officers. Other factory prisons now
empty. Libby will soon be empty |
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Uniontown
(PA) Genius of Liberty |
7/31/1862; letter describing the
new officers' prison on 18th street, mention Reynolds and McCall being
there - says they were moved there on the 4th of July. |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
8/4/1862; five officers have
escaped from prison on 18th street |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
8/4/1862; officer escapes from the Officer's
Prison on 18th Street - details on the layout of the prison |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
8/5/1862; prisoners from Talbott
& Bonn's factory (including Reynolds & McCall) have been removed
to Libby Prison, due to an escape at the former place |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
8/5/1862; Yankee officers moved from the prison
on 18th street to the Libby Prison |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
8/5/1862; federal officer who escaped from
prison recaptured, lists those arrested for abetting the escape |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
8/7/1862; escaped prisoners from
officers' prison on 18th street have been recaptured |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
8/8/1862; two Yankee officers who
recently were recaptured after an escape attempt, are under close
confinement; other escapees with them have just been recaptured |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
5/8/1863; C. S. Naval Works, at the
warehouse of Talbott & Brothers, needs old copper and zinc |
