|
Richmond
Enquirer |
1/1/1861; advertisement for a slave dealer
underneath the St. Charles Hotel |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
1/4/1861; notice of improvements at Tredegar
Iron Works |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
1/8/1861; Governor Letcher extols the virtues
of VMI and its utility to the State |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
1/19/1861; opening notice of the Spotswood
Hotel |
|
New York
Herald |
1/21/1861; 1000 kegs of powder from Tredegar
arrive at Charleston |
|
Richmond Enquirer |
2/8/1861; detailed account of Governor
Letcher's inspection visit to the Armory and Tredegar |
|
Richmond Dispatch |
3/11/1861;
partnership of Libby and Burton is dissolved – Libby and Son to take its’
place at 20th and Cary. |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
3/23/1861; ad for commission merchants Bacon &
Baskervill (future GH#7) |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
3/28/1861; ad for the summer schedule of
classes at the Medical College - McCaw and Gibson are listed as professors;
students will have access to patients at Bellevue Hospital and Alms House
free of charge |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/1/1861; Spotswood Hotel has been
opened |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/8/1861; Franklin & Co has
received a large collection of stereo views and viewers |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/15/1861; Dr. Charles Bell Gibson
(future surgeon of GH#1) has been appointed Surgeon General of Virginia
forces |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/15/1861; Catesby Jones and Capt.
Pegram are at the Exchange Hotel; M. F. Maury and R. M. T. Hunter are at the
Spotswood |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/15/1861; Virginia Rifles are
stationed at the "old U. S. Hotel" (later GH#10) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/15/1861; Mechanics' Institute was
"splendidly illuminated" last night |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/15/1861; account of the response
in Richmond to the fall of Fort Sumter; extensive celebration and
flag-raising at the Tredegar Iron Works |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
4/15/1861; excellent description of the
reaction in Richmond to the news of the fall of Ft. Sumter - description of
parade to Tredegar Iron Works and Capitol Square - notes disappointed
reaction to Letcher's remarks, and the raising and subsequent lowering of
the Confederate flag on the Capitol roof |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/16/1861; Ad (including rates) for
Bellevue Hospital |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/16/1861; Ad (including rates) for
Main Street Hospital for slaves |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/17/1861; slave of Elizabeth Van
Lew has been arrested for having a pass out of date |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/20/1861; Richmond Howitzers have
moved into their new quarters under the Spotswood Hotel |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/22/1861; account of the
excitement caused by the erroneous rumor that a Federal gunboat was
ascending the James River. |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/23/1861; description of the
arrival of Col. Robert E. Lee into Richmond and speech from the Spotswood
Hotel |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/23/1861; Alexander Stephens has
arrived in Richmond to discuss the entry of Virginia into the Confederacy;
he is staying at the Exchange Hotel |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/23/1861; train has left the
Fredericksburg depot to convey the VMI cadets to Richmond |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/23/1861; construction on the city
railway continues |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/23/1861; Franklin Stearns, a
wealthy Unionist, donates $500 to Varina Troop |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/24/1861; VMI cadets have arrived
in Richmond and are quartered at the Fair Grounds (Camp Lee) and parade for
the Governor on Capitol Square |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/24/1861; ladies of Church and
Union Hills will meet today at Springfield Hall (future GH#26) to make
bandages |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/24/1861; half dozen companies are
encamped at the Fair Grounds - more expected today |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/24/1861; old U. S. Customs House
is now being used as a stopping place for troops |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/24/1861; F. H. Smith, Judge
Allen, and M. F. Maury are appointed military advisors for the Governor |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/24/1861; Co. K, 1st Virginia
Inf., is headquartered in the old U. S. Hotel (later GH#10) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/24/1861; all companies arriving
in Richmond will immediately proceed to the Hermitage Fair Grounds (Camp
Lee) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/24/1861; exempted citizens of
Henrico will meet at Howard's Grove to provide for city defense |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/26/1861; VMI cadets are drilling
recruits at the Fair Grounds (Camp Lee) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/26/1861; Tredegar Iron Works
Battalion elects officers |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/26/1861; want ad for a drummer
for the 1st South Carolina, stationed at the "New Poor House Building"
(future GH#1) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/26/1861; Ad for Vannerson's
Photographic Gallery |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/27/1861; order to connect the
railroads in Richmond and Petersburg |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
4/27/1861; list of troops at the new fair
grounds (Camp Lee); Col. Gilham is in command, and VMI cadets present |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
4/27/1861; all VMI graduates and ex-cadets can
find employment at the Camp of Instruction (Camp Lee) |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
4/27/1861; all volunteer companies will proceed
at once to the Hermitage Fair Grounds (Camp Lee) |
|
Richmond
Whig |
4/27/1861; p. 3, Tredegar Iron
Works Battalion elects officers |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
4/30/1861; provisions needed at
Camp Lee hospital |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/2/1861; the city railroad has been advanced
as far as the American hotel and is progressing nicely |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/2/1861; plans are being made to connect the
RF&P and Richmond & Petersburg RRs through Richmond, and well as connections
through Petersburg |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/3/1861; St. Francis de Sales
Hospital is ready to accept patients |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
5/3/1861; list of southern cadets who have left
West Point, as well as those who refused to take the oath and resigned.
Pelham and T. P. Turner are amongst the number |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
5/3/1861; prospective VMI cadets can apply to
the acting superintendent in Richmond - notes that the academic schedule has
been suspended, and cadets thus admitted will be trained free of charge
until the corps returns to Lexington |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/4/1861; Rev. Francis Boggs, the
Chaplain at Camp Lee, has been elected Captain in the 1st VA Inf. |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/4/1861; Richmond Home Guard meets
nightly near Springfield Hall (later GH#26) to drill |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/8/1861; Ad for Ree's photographic
gallery |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/8/1861; recruiting rendezvous for
Navy is at the warehouse of Libby & Son |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/9/1861; fire burns down building
adjacent to Libby & Son's ship chandlery (later Libby Prison), which is
saved by great exertions by firemen |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/10/1861; attempt to burn down
Libby & Son's warehouse (later Libby Prison) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/10/1861; Capt. J.E.B. Stuart has
arrived in Richmond after resigning his commission |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/10/1861; Sailors are being
recruited at the "Naval Rendezvous" which is in Libby & Son's warehouse
(later Libby Prison) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/10/1861; J. B. McCaw (later
Surgeon in Charge at Chimborazo Hospital) amongst others is raising a
company of mounted rifles |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/10/1861; advertisement for Rees'
photographic gallery |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/10/1861; volunteer company is
being raised at Springfield Hall (later General Hospital #26) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/11/1861; editorial concerning the
removal of the Confederate Capital to Richmond; very positive |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/11/1861; editorial on which song
should be the new Confederate National Anthem; very negative towards "Dixie" |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/11/1861; building adjacent to
Libby & Son's warehouse is still burning |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/15/1861; Howard's Grove use and
description |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
5/15/1861; destructive fire at 20th and Cary
streets; Libby & Son building narrowly escapes |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/16/1861; Richmond Howitzers have
moved from Howard's Grove to Chimborazo Hill |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/18/1861; Hampden Artillery is
stationed at the Baptist College (Richmond College, future Louisiana
Hospital) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/18/1861; Louisiana volunteers,
stationed at Howard's Grove, are having difficulties with their laundresses |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/20/1861; two attempts to destroy
the Tredegar Iron Works by fire |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/20/1861; area near the old United
States Hotel (later GH#10) is the scene of bloody fights and drunken revelry |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/21/1861; 1st North Carolina
regiment has arrived in Richmond, and is camped at Howard's Grove |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/21/1861; religious services are
held at Camp Lee, administered by Dr. Hoge and Dr. Duncan |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/21/1861; description of the
offices in the Customs House, and who occupies them |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/21/1861; 1st Tennessee Regiment
is camped southeast of Howard's Grove, near the "Black Pond" |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/21/1861; C. S. Quartermaster
warehouses are on Pearl Street (now 14th) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/22/1861; incorrect threat of fire
to the Tredegar Iron Works |
|
Richmond
Whig |
5/22/1861; Camp of Instruction
(Camp Lee) described. VMI cadets praised. |
|
Richmond
Whig |
5/22/1861, p. 3; Richmond
Howitzers camped on Chimborazo hill, with new military road "leading from
the plateau," along the declivity, to the encampment at Rocketts. Artillery
posted atop the hill. |
|
Richmond
Whig |
5/23/1861, p. 3; Howard's Grove
described in pre-hospital days. |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/25/1861; house burns down
"opposite Hardgrove's factory" |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/27/1861; 2nd North Carolina
regiment has been camped at Howard's Grove |
| Richmond
Enquirer |
5/28/1861; "Practical Hints for
Volunteers - Military Surgery and Treatment of the Wounded" |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/29/1861; ladies of the Monumental
Church are doing work for the soldiers in the Mechanics' Institute |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/29/1861; Richmond Home Artillery
will meet tonight at the Mechanics' Institute |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/29/1861; State authorities are
building a new stables at the corner of Broad and 11th |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
5/30/1861; great description of the
arrival of President Jefferson Davis in Richmond and the celebration in the
city as he is escorted to Spotswood Hotel; later he reviewed the troops at
Camp Lee |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
5/31/1861; notes on the present state of
affairs at VMI, and advertises for new cadets - gives a table of tuition and
fees |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/1/1861; Drill room of Co. G has
been converted into a hospital, 50 patients there now, mostly from Tennessee |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/1/1861; Description of the
arrival of Gen. Beauregard at the Spotswood Hotel |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/1/1861; appeal for more workers
on the city defenses |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/3/1861; Customs house is being
readied for its occupancy by the Confederate Government |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/5/1861; Washington Artillery of
New Orleans has arrived in Richmond and is camping at Howard's Grove |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/5/1861; Vicksburg Southrons
arrive and parade in Capitol Square; they are then quartered at the
Columbian Hotel |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/5/1861; Negroes are doing good
work on the fortifications at Marion Hill (Battery #2) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/7/1861; description of the
explosion at the house of a chemist who was mixing fulminating powder;
injured parties are at St. Francis de Sales Hospital |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/7/1861; Confederate Patent Office
has been established at Goddin's Hall |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/7/1861; city laborers are at work
on the defenses at Marion Hill (Battery #2) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/10/1861; women who want to be
nurses should apply to Mrs. A. F. Hopkins |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/10/1861; Mechanics' Institute is
being cleared out; the War Department and Patent Office will soon have their
offices here |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/10/1861; Dr. Bolton of Bellevue
Hospital thanks the ladies of Church Hill for their help with the sick
soldiers |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/10/1861; Tredegar Iron Works
needs timber to build large building (probably the new gun foundry) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/10/1861; Tredegar Iron Works
needs carriage wheels |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/10/1861; Tredegar Iron Works
needs Wheelwrights and Blacksmiths |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/12/1861; ladies of Church and
Union Hills are nursing sick soldiers at Co. G Hall (later GH#27) and
Springfield Hall (later GH#26) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/13/1861; four prisoners of war
arrive in Richmond |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/13/1861; man brought in to
Mayor's court for allegedly keeping his bar open past ten o'clock |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
6/13/1861; "The Encampments,"
mentions Howard's Grove and the troops stationed there. |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/15/1861; a member of the New
Orleans Zouaves gets married at the St. Charles Hotel (later GH#8) |
|
Richmond Enquirer |
6/15/1861; Prisoners captured at Big Bethel are
quartered at the Customs House - Richmonders flock to see the captured
Yankees |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
6/18/1861; Classified notice that
Surgeon A. Y. P. Garnett (surgeon at Robertson Hosp.) has come to Richmond. |
|
Richmond Enquirer |
6/19/1861; Notes that the St. Francis de Sales
Hospital has been recently established, and is treating Confederate soldiers
- laudatory of the Catholic Church |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/20/1861; New Orleans Washington
Artillery serenades President Davis at the Spotswood Hotel |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/20/1861; row of houses behind the
Exchange Hotel are occupied by parties of a "dubious
and uncertain character" |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/22/1861; City officials are
fitting up the Brockenbrough mansion for occupancy by President Davis |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/22/1861; the Henry Clay statue on
Capitol Square has become discolored by excessive handling |
|
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 |
6/25/1861; names of U. S. prisoners
of war now confined in Richmond |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/25/1861; New Orleans Washington
Artillery leaves Richmond for Manassas |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/25/1861; prisoners arrive in
Richmond; the factory of Geo. Harwood (later GH#24) is being fitted up as a
prison depot |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/25/1861; slave of J. B. Royster
is arrested and punished for masquerading as a soldier |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/25/1861; Col. Gilham of VMI,
currently commandant of Camp of Instruction, is raising an infantry regiment |
| Richmond
Examiner |
6/26/1861; cholera victim at Camp
Lee buried at Shockoe Cemetery |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/27/1861; advertisement that the
warehouse of L. Libby & Son is available for storage - says it could store
20,000 bushels of wheat or corn |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/27/1861; commencement exercises
for the Richmond Female Institute will be held tomorrow |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/28/1861; editorial commending the
efforts of Mrs. Judge Hopkins and other ladies providing nursing care |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
6/29/1861; men of Church and Union
Hills will meet tonight at Company "G" Hall for the purposes of organizing
for home defense |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/1/1861; Good description of
Mason's Hall Hospital (GH#26) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/1/1861; description of the commencement exercises at the Richmond Female
Institute (future GH#4) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/1/1861; company of Texas Rangers are camped at Howard's Grove |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/1/1861; member of the Tredegar Battalion is wounded by a bursting gun |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/1/1861; flowery description of Hollywood Cemetery; should be "ornament of
the city." |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/1/1861; horse strays from the camp of The Washington Artillery, camped
"near Howard's Grove" |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/1/1861; ad for Rees' photographic gallery |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/1/1861; two POWs arrive and are taken to the prison depot (Ligon's prison) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/1/1861; Edmund Ruffin and others are staying at the Exchange Hotel |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/2/1861; description of "Mason's Hall," (GH#26) notes that it was opened 4
weeks ago for Tennesseans. Notes that more Tennesseans are at Company G Hall
and Temperance Hall. |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/2/1861; prison depot is located two blocks from the Henrico Court House,
and contains 75-100 prisoners |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/2/1861; Ellis' Battalion is
meeting at Temperance Hall (future GH#26) on Church Hill |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/2/1861; description of fire at
the Virginia State Penitentiary |
|
Richmond Dispatch |
7/2/1861; 5th North Carolina
Regiment arrives in Richmond and camps near the York River RR depot |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/2/1861; more on the wounding of a
member of the Tredegar Battalion by a bursting gun |
|
Richmond
Enquirer |
7/2/1861; Harwood's Factory has
been fitted up for a prison. |
|
Richmond Enquirer |
7/2/1861; brief notice of a fire at the
Virginia Penitentiary |
|
Richmond
Whig |
7/2/1861; Letter from the Richmond
Zouaves at Camp Lee |
|
Richmond
Whig |
7/2/1861; laborers needed for the
Richmond defenses |
|
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
Dispatch |
7/3/1861; Maryland Volunteers will
be presented with a new flag at Camp Lee; mentions J. H. Winder presiding
over the ceremonies |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/3/1861; Dr. Ryland, of Richmond
College (future Louisiana Hospital), is publishing and working on behalf of
the volunteers in the city |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/3/1861; Henrico Liberty Guard
will meet at Company G hall |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/3/1861; Wood Turners and Pattern
Makers are needed at the Tredegar Iron Works |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/3/1861; Artillery Drivers needed
for the Washington Artillery at "Camp Beauregard, near Howard's Grove" |
|
Richmond Enquirer |
7/3/1861; damage at the Penitentiary due to
fire is estimated at $50,000 |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/4/1861; statistics of tobacco
warehouses in Richmond, including Seabrook's (future GH#9) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/4/1861; damage from fire at
Penitentiary less than feared |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/4/1861; lengthy (and graphic)
account of an explosion near Thomas' Factory and the State Armory which
killed local chemist Joseph Laidley |
|
Richmond
Whig |
7/4/1861; fatal explosion at the
Armory |
|
Richmond
Whig |
7/4/1861; lamentation regarding the
use of the new city railroad |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/5/1861; Public guard makes its
annual 4th of July parade on Capitol Square |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/5/1861; Tredegar Battalion
(numbering 360) parades through the streets |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/5/1861; Thomas Artillery
stationed at "Camp Chimborazo," fired July 4 salute. |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/5/1861; George Watt finds a
little negro girl "near the new fair grounds" |
|
Richmond
Whig |
7/5/1861; Thomas Artillery
stationed at "Camp Chimborazo," fired July 4 salute. |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/6/1861; description of target
practice by the Tredegar Battalion after their parade |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/6/1861; Gov. Letcher appoints VMI
officers to the Provisional Army of Virginia |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/6/1861; officers for the Maryland
Zouaves are elected; G. W. Alexander is 1st Lieutenant (later Castle Thunder
commandant) |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/6/1861; City Railroad is not
running because of lack of cars |
|
Richmond Enquirer |
7/6/1861; description of the celebration of the
4th of July in Richmond - Tredegar Battalion parades on Capitol Square,
along with the Thomas Artillery, Public Guard, and Washington Artillery |
|
Richmond Enquirer |
7/6/1861; Maryland volunteers receive a flag
from President Davis at Camp Lee |
|
Charleston Mercury |
7/8/1861; war news - describes that Fourth of
July parade of the Tredegar Battalion as well as notes on the political
situation |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/8/1861; word of caution about
conditions at the cartridge making facility at Thomas's Factory |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/8/1861; damage at Penitentiary is
less than earlier supposed |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/8/1861; West & Johnston's has
published 10,000 copies of Gilham's manual |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/8/1861; Washington Artillery has
left Richmond |
|
Richmond
Whig |
7/9/1861; description of the
"cartridge factory", later the C. S. Arsenal, and cautions regarding safety |
|
Richmond
Whig |
7/9/1861; boys near Jackson and 5th
streets are engaging in being "evil disposed boys" |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/10/1861; J. B. McCaw is
"Consulting Physician" for the Virginia Life Insurance Company |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/10/1861; military school has been
set up at UVA - commanded by VMI graduate |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/10/1861; notes on one of the
speeches at the commencement at the Richmond Female Institute |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/10/1861; ad from Co. A,
Tredegar Battalion expressing thanks to various persons |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/10/1861; report of a collision on
the Virginia Central and R. F. & P. RRs |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/10/1861; Dr. Hoge, chaplain at
Camp Lee, has set up collection place for donations next to the R. F. & P.
depot |
|
Richmond Enquirer |
7/11/1861; Cannon made at Bellona Arsenal, and
lying on the basin bank, have been spiked by some "Yankee spy" |
|
Richmond
Whig |
7/11/1861; soldiers have been
buried in an open field near the Alms House - advocates using Oakwood
Cemetery for soldier interments |
|
Richmond
Whig |
7/11/1861; percussion caps will be
manufactured at Brown's Island |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/12/1861; huge flagpole will be
raised above the Custom House |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/12/1861; 18th street, between
Grace and Franklin, is being paved with granite |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/13/1861; description of cartridge
making in Thomas' factory, and refutation of the claim that care is not
taken there |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/15/1861; brief description of
"the hospital on 26th street;" probably Ross' factory |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/15/1861; description of the wild
reaction in Richmond when "live Yankees" pass through the town |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/16/1861; the Bloody Run Guard
will meet at Company G hall |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/16/1861; 15 recruits needed for
the Hampden Artillery at Camp Chimborazo |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
7/16/1861; POWs from Yorktown
arrive, and are taken to the prison depot; some are from the "scum of
Baltimore," and one a spy |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
7/16/1861; Soldier from camp at
Howard's Grove drowned in the James. |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/17/1861; Hotel arrivals; Dr. Thom
and Thomas Clingman are at the Spotswood |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/17/1861; 5th North Carolina
arrives in Richmond and goes into camp near Howard's Grove |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/18/1861; some prisoners removed
from the Prison depot to parts unknown |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/18/1861; notes that negro workers
on the fortifications seem to happy to be aiding "their native state" |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/18/1861; Henrico Liberty Guard
will attend meetings at Company G Hall |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/19/1861; description of funeral
of Micajah Bates in Hollywood Cemetery |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/19/1861; two cows strayed from
George Watt |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/20/1861; brief description of the
"Temperance Hall Hospital"; probably Springfield Hall |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/20/1861; belief expressed that
there will be a large number of prisoners arriving soon; 21 brought in
yesterday |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/20/1861; belief expressed that
John H. Winder will be appointed commander of the 6th South Carolina
Regiment |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/20/1861; Sergeant from the
Richmond Zouaves returns to Richmond to fill up their ranks. They are
commanded by a graduate of VMI |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/22/1861; wounded Kentuckian is
taken to the hospital at the "new Alms House" (future GH#1) |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/22/1861; 56 prisoners arrived
yesterday and were taken to the prison depot on Main street |
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Richmond
Whig |
7/22/1861; 370 women and girls are
employed making cartridges |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/23/1861; 4th company of Richmond
Howitzers, camped at the New Fair Grounds, need 30 men to bring them up to
full strength |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/23/1861; Captain of the
Washington Artillery is wounded and in Richmond in a private home; many
members of the Montgomery guard are in the Medical College hospital |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/23/1861; report of the city
committee to deal with wounded from the Battle of First Manassas. Drs. McCaw
and Hancock (amongst others) are to go to Manassas, while Luther Libby and
George S. Palmer (amongst others) are on a committee to procure
accommodations. |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/24/1861; description of the
arrival of the bodies of Generals Bartow and Bee in Richmond and conveyance
to the Capitol to lie in state |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/24/1861; anxiety in Richmond over
the slain at First Manassas; huge crowds assemble at the Central depot,
where "Gen." Davis (the President) arrives and addresses the crowd |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/24/1861; 631 prisoners arrive
from Manassas and are taken to the prison depot - six hundred more are
expected soon |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/24/1861; "Gen." (President) Davis
gives an inspirational speech from the Spotswood Hotel |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/24/1861; Dr. George R. C. Todd,
the brother-in-law of Abraham Lincoln, was acquitted of disloyalty |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/24/1861; Runaway slave from the
Tredegar Iron Works |
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Richmond
Whig |
7/24/1861; citizen's committee
designates St. Charles hotel for use as a hospital |
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Richmond
Whig |
7/24/1861; escape attempt at the
State Penitentiary |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/25/1861; trains arrive from
Manassas bearing wounded, who are taken to private homes for treatment;
500-600 POWs are set to arrive; the prison depot is already full; notes that
General Corcoran arrived in Richmond two days ago |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/25/1861; many sick and wounded
are arriving in Richmond and put in private homes for treatment - notes that
they suffer "like heroes"; Committee for their reception is constantly at
work |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/25/1861; wounded POWs of
Ellsworth's Zouaves are taken to the Alms House for treatment - expresses
belief that these men are a very "hard set," and "villains of a low degree,"
and don't deserve any kindness |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/25/1861; bodies of Bartow, Bee,
and Johnston were escorted from the Capitol to the Petersburg depot for
transportation South |
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Richmond
Whig |
7/25/1861; wounded soldiers and
Yankee prisoners are arriving in Richmond |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/26/1861; 17 Union surgeons are
POWs; one is the son of a big New York tobacco merchant and is in Howard's
factory |
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Richmond
Whig |
7/26/1861; "Prison depot," at
corner of Main and 25th street is being visited by curious Richmonders |
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Richmond
Whig |
7/26/1861; new private hospital in
schoolhouse at corner of 10th and Clay streets. |
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Richmond
Whig |
7/26/1861; soldier is attacked by
another soldier and dies at the Alms House |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/27/1861; brief description of the
hospital at Mason Hall Church; also description of the "Springfield
Temperance" hospital (future GH#26), in the same neighborhood; notes they
are both filling up |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/27/1861; ten wounded soldiers
taken to the alms house hospital |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/27/1861; G. D. Harwood's (future
GH#22) warehouse is currently being used as a prison |
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Richmond
Examiner |
7/27/1861; slave of Wm. Greanor was
arrested for throwing a rock |
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Richmond
Whig |
7/27/1861; list of wounded from First Manassas at the various private
locations around the city. Many in St. Charles Hotel and Springfield Hall |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/29/1861; letter describing poor
medical treatment at Camp Lee, and praise of the treatment provided by the
Richmond ladies |
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Richmond Enquirer |
7/29/1861; servants needed at the St. Charles
Hotel, being used as a hospital, with 160 patients there now |
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Richmond Enquirer |
7/29/1861; notice from Tredegar that all orders
will be paid in cash |
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Richmond
Examiner |
7/29/1861; condemnation of two ladies, living on Church Hill, who are
attending the Yankee wounded [Elizabeth Van Lew and her mother] |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
7/30/1861; List of wounded soldiers and where sent; mostly private houses -
no organized hospitals yet. |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
7/30/1861;
City Alms House Hospital (Gen. Hos. #1) described. Used as a prison at this
time. |
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Richmond
Whig |
7/30/1861; additional
list of wounded from First Manassas at the various private locations around
the city. Many in St. Charles Hotel and Springfield Hall |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/31/1861; 78 wounded POWs brought
to Richmond, including a Richmonder in exile |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/31/1861; two deaths (at Mason's
Hall and Bellevue respectively) and burial at Hollywood cemetery |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/31/1861; Henrico Liberty Guard is
organizing at Company G Hall |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/31/1861; applications for
clothing for wounded or sick soldiers can be made at St. Charles Hospital
(future GH#8) |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/31/1861; lists of patients in the
city are at the Intelligence Office at the St. Charles Hospital |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/31/1861; Dr. F. W. Hancock has
returned from Manassas, with reports on their needs; the Committee is still
working to provide for the wounded |
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Richmond Enquirer |
7/31/1961; List of sick and wounded men in
Richmond can be found at the St. Charles Hospital |
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Richmond
Examiner |
7/31/1861; account of a shooting
incident at Harwood's prison (future GH#24) |
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Richmond
Whig |
7/31/1861; wounded Yankees complain
about the General Hospital (GH#1) |
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Richmond
Whig |
7/31/1861; prisoner shot at for
talking out the windows of his prison |
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Richmond
Whig |
7/31/1861; list of wounded soldiers
in private houses can be seen at the St. Charles Hotel (GH#8) |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/1/1861; funeral of a
Mississippian will take place at St. Charles Hospital (future GH#8) |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/1/1861; two POWs arrive - one a
spy |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/1/1861; families who have sick
and wounded soldiers in their homes are requested to call their family
physicians or report to "hospital on 26th, near Main" (probably Ross'
factory) |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/1/1861; report of a body left on
the platform at the Virginia Central depot |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/1/1861; reflection on the religious nature of
the Civil War - declares that the war is a religious war |
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Richmond
Whig |
8/1/1861; details on private
hospitals in school-houses on Clay street |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/2/1861; majority of wounded POWs
are at the alms house; hospital established for prisoners at Ross' Factory |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/2/1861; statistics of city
tobacco warehouses, including Seabrook's, showing a marked decline from the
same time a year before |
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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 |
8/2/1861; 70 wounded POWs brought
to Richmond |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/2/1861; 15 negro men wanted to
work in the Alms House Hospital |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/2/1861; rumor of body on the
platform at the Virginia Central depot is false |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
8/2/1861; 200 white girls needed to work at the
C. S. Laboratory making cartidges |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/3/1861; the number of wounded
POWs is now near 500 and more arriving; medicines will be needed |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/3/1861; Cook, Servants, and
Cleaning Women needed at the St. Charles Hospital. |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
8/3/1861; 3 Chambermaids and a
Porter are needed at the Spotswood Hotel |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
8/3/1861; Jas. H. Burton, Supt. C.
S. Armory, taking bids for stone. |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/3/1861; appointment of new
superintendent of the Richmond and York River RR |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
8/3/1861; great description of
train accident on the Central Railroad, near Hanover Junction |
|
Richmond
Whig |
8/3/1861; description of hospital
facilities in Richmond (St.
Charles Hotel, Masons’ Hall) |
|
Richmond
Whig |
8/3/1861; "The Life Guard," and
"Capt. Bayly's company" are at Camp Lee |
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Richmond
Whig |
8/3/1861; President Davis ad family
have moved into their home at 12th and Clay streets |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
8/4/1861; more details on the
Hanover Junction train wreck |
|
Richmond
Dispatch |
8/5/1861; 74 new Yankee POWs arrive
- housed at prison in Jefferson Ward |
|
Richmond Enquirer |
8/5/1861; ladies of St. James Church have
established a hospital at the corner of Main and 3rd (probably Robertson
Hospital) |
|
Richmond
Whig |
8/5/1861; description of the
"prison depot," particularly Harwood's factory, and recommendations for
treatment of prisoners |
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