| ::
State Penitentiary :: |
|
Information about the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond, VA during
the Civil War. |
located at the western terminus of Byrd Street, northwest of Gamble's Hill
Written Accounts
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/25/1861; Prisoner of war and a
civilian spy are brought to Richmond and confined in "the large white
building on the hill leading to Hollywood Cemetery" [probably VA
Penitentiary] |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/2/1861; description of fire at
the Virginia State Penitentiary |
|
Richmond Enquirer |
7/2/1861; brief notice of a fire at the
Virginia Penitentiary |
|
Richmond
Whig |
7/2/1861; fire at the State Penitentiary |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/3/1861; description of the role
of the Garde Lafayette in putting out the fire at the Penitentiary |
|
Richmond Enquirer |
7/3/1861; damage at the Penitentiary due to
fire is estimated at $50,000 |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/4/1861; damage from fire at
Penitentiary less than feared |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/8/1861; damage at Penitentiary is
less than earlier supposed |
|
Richmond
Whig |
7/24/1861; escape attempt at the State
Penitentiary |
|
Richmond Dispatch |
4/10/1862; Man escapes from the State Penitentiary |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
4/18/1862; man pardoned from the Penitentiary
after serving time for placing obstructions on the Central railroad |
|
Richmond Dispatch |
5/27/1862; prisoners from state penitentiary mow grass on Capitol Square |
|
Richmond Dispatch |
12/8/1862; 3 men
escape from state penitentiary |
|
Richmond
Whig |
1/16/1864; description of pardons
handed out by Governor Smith, including several participants in the bread
riot |
|
Richmond
Whig |
3/29/1864; Detective Cashmeyer has
been reinstated, and a Detective who was in the Penitentiary for shooting a
woman has been pardoned by the Governor |
|
The Black Swan |
Aug. - Oct. 1929; "The Libby Lion;"
article written by the son of R. R. "Dick"
Turner, describing his boyhood and experiences with his father. Notes that
his Dick Turner was "on the staff of General Winder, with the rank of
Captain, and was assigned to duty at Libby Prison, as commissary." Gives a
good description of the staff at Libby, especially Erastus Ross. Mentions
meeting General Lee after the fall of Richmond, seeing his father in one of
the dungeons of Libby. Description of Dick Turner's escape, subsequent
recapture and uncertainty regarding Turner's fate in the Penitentiary; notes
that Captain Dick Winder was able to destroy the charges against Turner by
getting the guard drunk. |
Page
last updated on
07/01/2008
|
