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 :: 1864 Richmond Newspapers ::
1864 Newspapers in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

 

Richmond Examiner 1/1/1864; New Year's dinner donations to Camp Lee
Richmond Sentinel 1/1/1864; Mary, slave of Dr. F. W. Hancock, attempts to escape
Richmond Sentinel 1/1/1864; large number of prisoners admitted to Libby Prison, who were captured in the West
Richmond Whig 1/1/1864; announcement of the reception at Jefferson Davis' house from noon to 3, as well as the inauguration of Gov. Smith at noon at the Capitol
Richmond Sentinel 1/2/1864; 500 prisoners from "McCurdy's tobacco factory" have been removed to Belle Isle
Richmond Whig 1/2/1864; detailed description of the reception at Jefferson Davis' mansion
Richmond Whig 1/2/1864; Gen. J. H. Morgan will arrive in town soon and be conducted to the Spotswood Hotel
Richmond Sentinel 1/4/1864; more on Mary, Dr. F. W. Hancock's slave
Richmond Whig 1/4/1864; Gen. Morgan will probably arrive tomorrow. Lodgings have been secured at the Ballard House
Richmond Sentinel 1/5/1864; Jas. Clifford stole a lot of beef from Libby Prison, but for lack of witnesses was released
Richmond Sentinel 1/6/1864; Ladies of Union Station Methodist Church furnished New Year's meal at Howard's Grove.
Richmond Dispatch 1/6/1864; two soldiers tried for breaking into a warehouse near Castle Thunder to steal "yankee clothing."
Richmond Dispatch 1/6/1864; Chimborazo and Winder statistics
Richmond Sentinel 1/7/1864; guard at "the old U. S. Hotel" is arrested for being drunk and disorderly in the streets
Richmond Sentinel 1/7/1864; George W. Johnson charges that he has been illegally detained by James B. McCaw (Chimborazo Hospital)
Richmond Dispatch 1/12/1864; owners of slaves working at GH#9 may call for their payments
Richmond Dispatch 1/12/1864; escape from Castle Thunder
Richmond Whig 1/12/1864; men and boys are skating on the canal basin; notes that for this to occur, the freeze has been very hard
Richmond Sentinel 1/13/1864; Texas, Alabama Hospitals, GH#10, GH#11 permanently closed and patients moved to Howard's Grove.
Richmond Sentinel 1/16/1864; 18 yankees escape from building across street from Castle Thunder
Richmond Whig 1/16/1864; eighteen Yankee deserters escape from the prison opposite Castle Thunder by cutting through the wall into an adjacent commissary warehouse
Richmond Whig 1/16/1864; description of pardons handed out by Governor Smith, including several participants in the bread riot
Richmond Whig 1/18/1864; former proprietor of the St. Charles Hotel was captured by the Yankees while procuring bacon, etc. for the government
Richmond Whig 1/18/1864; Gens. Hood, Breckinridge, and Morgan visit the House of Representatives
Richmond Sentinel 1/19/1864; more on George W. Johnson, illegally detained by Dr. McCaw. He was deemed to be exempt and released
Richmond Whig 1/19/1864; first weekly reception at the President's house will occur tonight
Richmond Sentinel 1/20/1864; most of escapees from building across street from Castle Thunder caught
Richmond Whig 1/21/1864; one of the proprietors of the Ballard House is very ill
Richmond Whig 1/21/1864; large number of Castle Thunder prisoners will be removed to Salisbury, N. C., under charge of the Ambulance Corps
Richmond Whig 1/21/1864; two Yankees who escaped from Libby Prison tell a Chicago newspaper that they came upon some of the Richmond fortifications on their way out and the guns were completely unattended. They lament not being able to spike them. The Whig calls for more people to man the guns
Richmond Sentinel 1/22/1864; an attempt to burn down the White House of the Confederacy was foiled
Richmond Whig 1/22/1864; Seven buildings burned at Winder Hospital
Richmond Whig 1/22/1864; the departure of Castle Thunder prisoners was put off for a day due to a railroad "hitch." Notes that one of the prisoners got out of his ball and chain
Richmond Whig 1/22/1864; notes on the attempted arson at the President's house after the reception
Richmond Sentinel 1/23/1864; buildings burned at Winder Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 1/28/1864; fire at Chimborazo
Richmond Sentinel 1/28/1864; notes that the Confederate States Medical and Surgical Journal has been published
Richmond Enquirer 2/2/1864; poor conditions at Libby Prison described
Richmond Whig 2/10/1864; rumor of POW unrest at Belle Isle
Richmond Examiner 2/11/1864; good description of the "great escape" from Libby Prison. Castle Thunder mentioned.
Richmond Sentinel 2/11/1864; Libby Prison escape notice
Richmond Whig 2/11/1864; Libby Prison escape notice
Richmond Enquirer 2/12/1864; Description of the Libby prison breakout and list of escapees re-captured
Richmond Examiner 2/12/1864; 22 Libby escapees re-captured and description of the breakout
Richmond Whig 2/12/1864; list of Libby escapees that have been recaptured, and list of men still at large
Richmond Enquirer 2/13/1864; Recapturing Libby escapees, and list of re-captured prisoners
Richmond Sentinel 2/13/1864; eight more Libby escapees were brought back, making 30 so far recaptured
Richmond Whig 2/13/1864; more escapees have been captured; rumor that Streight has been recaptured
New York Times 2/15/1864; Libby Prison escape notice
Richmond Examiner 2/15/1864; recapturing Libby escapee anecdotes
Richmond Whig 2/15/1864; recapturing Libby escapee anecdotes
Richmond Sentinel 2/15/1864; acquittal of Capt. Alexander (Castle Thunder)
Richmond Sentinel 2/15/1864; list of Libby Prison escapees recaptured
Richmond Sentinel 2/15/1864; Long Valentine's Day poem by patient at Chimborazo.
Richmond Examiner 2/15/1864; recapturing Libby escapee anecdotes
Charleston Mercury 2/16/1864; description of the Libby Prison escape - includes a very good description of the physicality of the escape
Richmond Enquirer 2/16/1864; Two more Libby escapees re-captured
Richmond Examiner 2/16/1864; No more escapees from Libby have been captured.
Richmond Whig 2/16/1864; G. W. Alexander has been acquitted by the board of inquiry that looked into his conduct at Castle Thunder
Richmond Sentinel 2/17/1864; five more Libby escapees were brought back (with names)
Richmond Enquirer 2/19/1864; "The Feeding of the Prisoners" testimony from the butcher who supplied Chimborazo Hospital and Gen. Winder (for prisoners) with meat - shoots down the idea that the prisoners are inadequately supplied, while noting that they may not have gotten the best beef
Richmond Examiner 2/20/1864; Major General Scammon and staff brought to Libby; 58 escapees have been recaptured
Richmond Sentinel 2/20/1864; details on status of escaped Yankees from Libby Prison
Richmond Sentinel 2/20/1864; hospital list; temporary closing of Winder, Howard's Grove, and General Hospital #1
Richmond Whig 2/22/1864; one of the Libby Prison tunnel escapees was caught and re-committed to the prison
Richmond Whig 2/22/1864; one of the soldiers from the batteries below Richmond was accidentally shot while loading muskets onto a wagon. He was taken to Seabrook's Hospital
Richmond Enquirer 2/23/1864; captured letter from prisoner at Libby Prison Hospital (good conditions and treatment)
Richmond Sentinel 2/23/1864; more escapees from prison across street from Castle Thunder
Richmond Whig 2/23/1864; another jailbreak from the prison opposite Castle Thunder - 22 escape, 16 recaptured. Says several hundred deserters are held there, and gives a great physical description
Franklin Repository 2/24/1864; "The Libby Jail Delivery"
Richmond Sentinel 2/24/1864; description of the fire and explosion of the Confederate Coffee factory on Cary and 17th
Richmond Sentinel 2/24/1864; 400 Yankee prisoners from Belle Isle are taken to Libby Prison to await transfer to Andersonville
Richmond Whig 2/24/1864; lamentation that the Confederate Government will not give the Alms House back to the city. Notes that "Chimborazo, Camp Winder, Howard’s Grove, etc., afford ample room for all the sick and wounded soldiers brought to this military department" and if they fill up, there are many other places to put the patients
Richmond Whig 2/25/1864; man committed to Castle Thunder for piloting Averill on his raid
Richmond Sentinel 2/26/1864; prisoners at Libby receive a gratuitous sermon
Richmond Whig 2/26/1864; Bishop Lynch, of S. C. preaches to the prisoners at Libby
Richmond Whig 2/26/1864; robbery of a hogshead of tobacco at the factory of David C. Mayo, corner 19th and Cary
Richmond Whig 2/27/1864; list of Castle Thunder (7) and Libby Prison (8) inmates sent off by special exchange, including a woman found in men's clothes on Belle Isle, and a correspondent of the New York Herald
Richmond Whig 2/29/1864; bell at the first market has cracked, which had given the fire alarm. Advocates the "bell house" at Capitol Square do the job in the meantime
Richmond Whig 3/1/1864; two boys are injured after being thrown from a horse and are treated by Surg. Read at the "Baptist Institute Hospital." (GH4)
Richmond Whig 3/1/1864; 71 prisoners, captured by Mosby, arrive at Libby Prison
Richmond Whig 3/1/1864; three men, who were caught while attempting to go north, are taken to Castle Thunder
Richmond Whig 3/2/1864; accident at the Tredegar Iron Works
Richmond Whig 3/2/1864; detective killed by accident at Castle Thunder; mentions "prisoners in the building across the street..."
Richmond Examiner 3/2/1864; detective killed at "deserters' prison" opposite Castle Thunder
Charleston Mercury 3/3/1864; account of Dahlgren's Raid - notes the Armory Battalion engaging the enemy on the Westham road (Cary St.) and that 171 prisoners have been received at Libby
Richmond Examiner 3/3/1864; man drowns in canal opposite Libby Prison
Richmond Examiner 3/3/1864; list of wounded received at GH#9
Richmond Sentinel 3/3/1864; detective mistakenly shot at Castle Thunder
Richmond Sentinel 3/3/1864;  Part two of account of the repulse of Dahlgren's Raid. Indicates the Tredegar Battalion was responsible for the repulse. Includes testimony from prisoners at Libby and praise of Maj. T. P. Turner. Part one cannot be found at this time.
Richmond Whig 3/3/1864; Major Elias Griswold has been relieved as Provost Marshal of Richmond, and sent to Americus, Ga. Major I. Carrington succeeds him
Richmond Whig 3/3/1864; four of Hampton's cavalrymen, injured at Atlee's, arrive at Seabrook's
Richmond Whig 3/3/1864; six negroes, recaptured from the Yankees, are taken to Castle Thunder
Richmond Whig 3/3/1864; Mrs. Patterson Allen (Yankee spy) is at St. Francis de Sales Hospital
Richmond Whig 3/3/1864; Detective Wooters, shot accidentally at Castle Thunder, died yesterday
Richmond Sentinel 3/4/1864; correction: the Armory Battalion, not the Tredegar Battalion, were responsible for repulsing Dahlgren's raiders
Richmond Sentinel 3/4/1864; 600 prisoners from Libby Prison have been shipped off to Americus, GA (Andersonville)
Richmond Whig 3/4/1864; 600 Yankees prisoners at Libby will be sent to Andersonville today, and the same number will be sent off every other day
Richmond Examiner 3/5/1864; account of the Dahlgren Raid and the papers found on Dahlgren's body
Richmond Sentinel 3/5/1864; account of the papers found on Col. Dahlgren's body with schedule and orders
Richmond Sentinel 3/5/1864; editorial concerning the Dahlgren raid; advocates like treatment of Lincoln and prisoners
Richmond Sentinel 3/5/1864; 25 more of Dahlgren's raiders have been received at Libby Prison
Richmond Sentinel 3/5/1864; boarding house of John Moncure Daniel (editor of the Examiner) has been burglarized
Richmond Whig 3/7/1864; rumor of mutiny at Belle Isle is false
Richmond Sentinel 3/8/1864; The body of Ulric Dahlgren has been brought to Richmond - indicates that he was not exhibited, though the public clamored for views
Richmond Sentinel 3/8/1864; a number of Yankee prisoners have recently been exchanged
Richmond Whig 3/8/1864; the body of Col. Ulric Dahlgren is on display at the York River depot; describes the corpse and mentions that it was buried in an unknown place
Richmond Whig 3/8/1864; four Yankee negro soldiers are brought to Libby Prison and put in the solitary cells
Richmond Sentinel 3/9/1864; One of Gen. Winder's detectives (Cashmeyer) has been arrested while passing letters to a Yankee prisoner on a flag of truce boat
Richmond Whig 3/9/1864; detective Cashmeyer arrested for treason on a flag of truce boat while escorting Yankee prisoner and put in Castle Thunder
Richmond Whig 3/10/1864; female spy taken to Castle Thunder
Richmond Whig 3/10/1864; 260 prisoners from Cumberland Gap arrive at Libby
Richmond Whig 3/10/1864; more details on Detective Cashmeyer's case - he was not behaving treasonously, just stupidly.
Lowell Daily Courier 3/11/1864; Rees photo of Libby Prison is on display in Lowell, Mass.
Richmond Whig 3/11/1864; more on Cashmeyer's case
Richmond Whig 3/12/1864; Detective Cashmeyer is released from Castle Thunder
Richmond Whig 3/14/1864; Gen. Neal Dow and Capts. Sawyer and Flynn have been sent North
Richmond Whig 3/14/1864; Cashemeyer was NOT released from Castle Thunder, and will be court-martialed
Richmond Whig 3/14/1864; henhouse of Mr. John Pearce, keeper of the Almshouse, was burglarized
Richmond Whig 3/15/1864; Cashmeyer has been released from Castle Thunder
Richmond Whig 3/16/1864; soldier at Battery No. 3 is arrested for stealing two trunks
Richmond Whig 3/16/1864; soldier dies in Castle Thunder
Richmond Whig 3/17/1864; seventeen escaped prisoners from Danville and Andersonville are recaptured and taken to Libby
Richmond Whig 3/17/1864;  two Spotsylvania men are taken to Castle Thunder under charge of piloting Kilpatrick on the recent raid
Richmond Whig 3/19/1864; five guards at the Arsenal are picked up while trying to get to the Yankee lines and are taken to Castle Thunder
Richmond Whig 3/21/1864; soldier from Battery No. 4 drowns in the canal
Richmond Whig 3/21/1864; four Yankees escape from Mayo's factory and are recaptured
Richmond Whig 3/21/1864; the papers found on Dahlgren's body have been filed in the War Department
Richmond Whig 3/22/1864; 983 Yankees, including 63 officers, were sent off from Libby yesterday
Richmond Whig 3/23/1864; only 1800 prisoners left in Richmond, the 12,000 who were here recently have been sent south or exchanged. Encourages the government not to allow such an accumulation of prisoners again
Richmond Whig 3/26/1864; Dahlgren's crutch is at the Whig office
Richmond Whig 3/28/1864; boy is decapitated after attempting to jump onto the Fredericksburg train on Broad street
Richmond Whig 3/28/1864; man caught stealing locks at Hollywood Cemetery
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
Richmond Whig 3/29/1864; more on the lock-stealer at Hollywood
Richmond Examiner 3/30/1864; Libby and Belle Isle are nearly empty
Richmond Whig 3/30/1864; more on the lock-stealer at Hollywood
Richmond Whig 3/31/1864; City Battalion (25th Battn. Va. Inf.) have been sent to Chaffin's Farm. Now the 28th Va. Battn. does the guard duty
Richmond Whig 4/2/1864; some defenders of Battery #9 charged with theft
Richmond Whig 4/4/1864; man in the city jail fakes small pox in order to be taken to Howard's Grove, thinking it would be easier to escape from there, but is found out and taken back to jail
Richmond Dispatch 4/5/1864; Patient at Chimborazo maims himself on Richmond and York River RR to escape service.
Richmond Whig 4/5/1864; Patient at Chimborazo maims himself on Richmond and York River RR to escape service.
Richmond Whig 4/5/1864; Mr. Thomas W. Doswell has been appointed Asst. Provost Marshal, succeeding G. W. Alexander
Franklin (PA) Repository 4/6/1864; Gen. Neal Dow's assertion that Libby Prison was mined during the Dahlgren raid
Richmond Sentinel 4/9/1864; notes on three new soldiers confined in Castle Thunder with details of their transgressions
Richmond Sentinel 4/11/1864; three slaves and a free negro arrested for stealing blankets from Seabrook's Hospital (GH#9)
Richmond Sentinel 4/12/1864; details on the recent freshet on the James River - all the islands are flooded except Belle Isle
Richmond Sentinel 4/14/1864; prisoner shot by accident at Libby Prison
Richmond Whig 4/14/1864; accidental shootings at Libby Prison
Richmond Whig 4/14/1864; Castle Thunder items
Richmond Sentinel 4/14/1864; Castle Thunder items
Richmond Sentinel 4/18/1864; Semple appointed Surgeon of Libby Prison
Richmond Sentinel 4/18/1864; testimony about spies in Libby Prison from escaped officer
Richmond Whig 4/18/1864; Dr. William Geo. Semple has been appointed Surgeon of Libby prison, vice Dr. John Wilkins
Richmond Whig 4/18/1864; two workers at Tredegar arrested for fighting
Richmond Whig 4/19/1864; "Lewis H. Fraysier’s factory, on 20th street, between Main and Franklin" was burglarized
Richmond Sentinel 4/20/1864; man charged with petty larceny for receiving stolen linens from Jackson Hospital
Richmond Sentinel 4/21/1864; small explosion occurred in the percussion cap factory on Brown's Island
Richmond Whig 4/21/1864; explosion at the Laboratory - percussion caps explode, but no one was injured
Richmond Sentinel 4/22/1864; Dr. Mary Walker, captured in the west, arrives in Richmond (in male attire) and conveyed to Castle Thunder, Libby having no female accommodations
Richmond Sentinel 4/22/1864; a deserter confined in the "soldier's home" on 7th and Cary streets (probably the former Castle Lightning) leaps out of a three story window, and escapes. He is recaptured and sent to Castle Thunder
Richmond Whig 4/22/1864; Dr. Mary Walker arrives in Richmond, and is taken to Castle Thunder. She is "about thirty years old and quite ugly"
Richmond Examiner 4/23/1864; 40 acre vegetable garden at Jackson Hosp.; now library wanted
Richmond Sentinel 4/25/1864; 420 sick Yankees are sent to Libby from Danville, being unable to travel to Andersonville
Richmond Whig 4/25/1864; 430 Yankee "invalids" not thought strong enough to make the trip to Andersonville are brought to Libby
Richmond Whig 4/27/1864; 19 Yankee officers, inlcluding Gen. Wessels, captured at Plymouth are brought to Libby Prison
Richmond Sentinel 4/28/1864; 31 Yankee deserters in Castle Thunder say they want to go back to the North, and are moved to the Libby Prison
Richmond Whig 4/28/1864; 31 Yankee deserters desire to be considered prisoners of war and are taken from Castle Thunder to Libby Prison
Richmond Sentinel 4/29/1864; order to clean out hospitals
Richmond Whig 4/29/1864; Richmond hospitals are said to send all the patients to Petersburg, and to clean out all the hospitals in preparation for the spring campaign
Richmond Sentinel 5/2/1864; "two or three" yankees escape from Libby Prison
Richmond Sentinel 5/2/1864; Jefferson Davis's son Joseph is killed in a fall from a balcony of the White House of the Confederacy
Richmond Sentinel 5/2/1864; 380 paroled Confederates arrive at Rocketts - officers are taken to the Officer's Hospital (GH#4) and enlisted men are taken to Chimborazo
Richmond Sentinel 5/2/1864; Dr. Mary Walker's appearance in Richmond causes quite an excitement - she is taken to Gen. Winder's office, then to Castle Thunder.
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 5/2/1864; 380 returned Confederate prisoners arrive at Rocketts. The enlisted men are taken to Chimborazo Hospital, and the officers are taken either to private quarters or the "Officers’ hospital (formerly the Baptist Institute, on 10th street, west of Marshall street)"
Richmond Whig 5/2/1864; Mary Walker is marched from Castle Thunder to Gen. Winder's office, still in male attire, and creates quite a stir
Richmond Whig 5/2/1864; three prisoners escape from Libby Prison
Richmond Whig 5/4/1864; 12,268 prisoners in the Confederacy, including 1,943 at Libby Prison
Richmond Examiner 5/5/1864; Seabrook's (GH#9) readied for arrival of wounded
Richmond Sentinel 5/5/1864; 12,268 Yankee prisoners in all the CSA; 1,943 are at Libby
Charleston Mercury 5/6/1864; war news - describes (very visually) the operations at Tredegar
Richmond Examiner 5/7/1864; Seabrook's (GH#9) readied for arrival of wounded
Richmond Examiner 5/7/1864; bandages needed at GH#4
Richmond Examiner 5/7/1864; 78 prisoners at Castle Thunder sent to Salisbury, NC
Richmond Examiner 5/7/1864; rumor that 100 officers in Libby Prison will be sent to Danville
Richmond Sentinel 5/7/1864; negro injured at Confederate States Arsenal
Richmond Sentinel 5/7/1864; 1000 Yankee officers at Libby to be sent to Danville
Richmond Whig 5/7/1864; slave of Jas. H. Grant is seriously injured in an accident at the Arsenal
Richmond Whig 5/9/1864; mutinous episode in Libby Prison
Richmond Whig 5/9/1864; Gen. Leroy Stafford has died at General Hospital #4
Richmond Examiner 5/11/1864; 879 wounded have arrived at GH#9
Richmond Examiner 5/11/1864; 113 Yankee prisoners arrive; only 29 officers in Libby
Richmond Whig 5/12/1864; Forty-four Yankee officers and 891 Yankee soldiers from the V Corps arrive in the city. Some are recognized as having been on Belle Isle in 1862 by "Lieut. Shihn, Assistant Provost Marshal in this city, who once had charge of them on Belle Isle."
Richmond Enquirer 5/13/1864; describes Richmond during the Battle of Drewry's Bluff - notes on the admission procedures for the wounded and gives numbers admitted; notes on the hospitals for various states
Richmond Examiner 5/13/1864; 33 wounded officers at GH#4 including Gen. Gordon
Richmond Examiner 5/13/1864; more wounded arriving at GH#9 and Howard's Grove
Richmond Examiner 5/13/1864; 53 Yankees, including 1 officer, arrive at Libby Prison
Richmond Sentinel 5/13/1864; Belle Isle described briefly
Richmond Whig 5/13/1864; 26 soldiers arrive at Seabrook's Hospital
Richmond Whig 5/13/1864; eleven Confederate officers, including Brig. Gen. Gordon, arrive at the "officers' hospital" (GH4)
Richmond Whig 5/13/1864; 183 Yankee cavalrymen are captured in the "northern suburbs" of the city and taken to the Libby Prison. Includes one negro, and one surgeon
Richmond Whig 5/13/1864; death notice of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart
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
Richmond Whig 5/14/1864; fifty prisoners arrive at Libby
Richmond Examiner 5/16/1864; Yankee shot at Pemberton's warehouse
Richmond Examiner 5/16/1864; Ten prisoners arrive at Libby Prison; the bulk of prisoner's from the Army of the Potomac are going straight to Lynchburg
Richmond Examiner 5/16/1864; "Idlers" will no longer be allowed to visit the hospitals
Richmond Examiner 5/16/1864; 1300 wounded arrive at Seabrook's warehouse (GH#9)
Richmond Examiner 5/16/1864; Yankee wounded are being treated at General Hospital #21
Richmond Examiner 5/16/1864; "The Winder Guards," a unit made up of prisoners from Castle Thunder are on duty "at the front"
Richmond Examiner 5/17/1864; Howard's Grove, Winder, Jackson, and Receiving (GH#9) Hospitals need nurses
Richmond Dispatch 5/17/1864; nurses needed for Howard's Grove, Winder, & Jackson hospitals
Richmond Dispatch 5/17/1864; foreigners who refuse to do military duty are confined in Castle Thunder
Richmond Sentinel 5/17/1864; list of hospitals in Richmond and to which hospitals soldiers from the various states are sent
Richmond Sentinel 5/17/1864; list of 14 officers captured at Drewry's Bluff (including General Heckman) who were brought to Libby yesterday
Richmond Sentinel 5/17/1864; while men are manning the defenses, Howard's Grove, Jackson, Winder, and the Receiving Hospital (Seabrook's) need ladies or servants to serve as nurses
Richmond Whig 5/17/1864; dispatches from the Battle of New Market, describing the VMI cadets' role in the battle there
Richmond Examiner 5/18/1864; sights and sounds at GH#21 (cries & groans of distress)
Richmond Examiner 5/19/1864; 1300 Yankees arrive at Richmond; two Yankee surgeons assigned to General Hospital #21
Richmond Examiner 5/19/1864; list of wounded officers at General Hospital #4
Richmond Sentinel 5/19/1864; over 1100 Yankees captured on the southside had come into Libby as of last night
Richmond Enquirer 5/20/1864; Seabrook's (GH#9) is in bad condition
Richmond Examiner 5/20/1864; Yankee colonel who arrived at Libby was wearing bullet-proof armor.
Richmond Examiner 5/20/1864; General Gordon dies at the Officer's Hospital (GH#4)
Richmond Whig 5/20/1864; Gen. Gordon dies at the officers' hospital. Misidentified as J. B. Gordon.
Richmond Examiner 5/21/1864; 4,419 admitted to GH#9 between 5/6 & 5/20
Richmond Examiner 5/21/1864; 300 prisoners in Castle Thunder, from the "Winder Legion" will be released
Richmond Sentinel 5/21/1864; William Carrington advertises for the services of qualified physicians in all the hospitals in Virginia
Richmond Whig 5/21/1864; seven VMI cadets have died to date after the Battle of New Market
Richmond Enquirer 5/23/1864; Castle Thunder admittances; several Libby guards confined
Richmond Examiner 5/23/1864; list of Yankee officers in the Libby Prison hospital; notes that there are 85 prisoners currently in Libby
Richmond Whig 5/23/1864; stable of Dr. F. W. Hancock is set afire, but extinguished before any damage could be done
Richmond Sentinel 5/24/1864; appeal for rags to be sent to Winder Hospital
Richmond Enquirer 5/24/1864; several new hospitals for prisoners opened, 800 patients in them now and increasing
Richmond Sentinel 5/25/1864; VMI cadets parade at Capitol Square following the Battle of New Market
Richmond Examiner 5/25/1864; VMI cadets arrive in Richmond and parade in Capitol Square and hear speeches from Governor Smith and President Davis
Richmond Examiner 5/25/1864; wounded prisoners at GH#21, Ross Factory, & 2nd Alabama
Richmond Whig 5/25/1864; VMI cadets parade in Capitol Square and are reviewed by President Davis. Afterwards, they listen to a speech from Governor Smith
Richmond Sentinel 5/26/1864; Castle Thunder admittances
Richmond Whig 5/26/1864; VMI cadets were quartered at Camp Lee before being put under Brig. Gen. Custis Lee's command and given new uniforms by the Secretary of War
Richmond Whig 5/26/1864; praise of Chimborazo, Winder, Jackson and Howard’s Grove Hospitals, and states that there is ample space in those hospitals to accommodate any contingency; criticizes an unnamed hospital for lack of attention to patients
Richmond Examiner 5/28/1864; VMI cadets parade and receive a new stand of colors
Richmond Examiner 5/28/1864; total number of prisoners registered at Libby Prison since July 1861 is ninety-seven thousand
Richmond Examiner 5/28/1864; The Winder Legion, a unit comprised of prisoners from Castle Thunder, has acquitted itself well in the field; Davis granted them amnesty, and they are now seeking permanent status
Richmond Examiner 5/28/1864; Second-class militia detailed to guard prisons and hospitals while regulars are in the field
Richmond Sentinel 5/28/1864; VMI cadets parade and receive a new stand of colors
Richmond Whig 5/28/1864; VMI cadets parade in Capitol Square and receive a new Virginia flag from Governor Smith and Gen. Bragg
Richmond Sentinel 5/30/1864; 157 prisoners admitted to Libby Prison
Richmond Examiner 5/30/1864; 157 prisoners admitted to Libby Prison
Richmond Examiner 5/30/1864; AAG for Gen. Bragg inspects Libby Prison and Castle Thunder and finds them pleasing
Richmond Examiner 5/31/1864; Confederate deserter (4th VA Cav, Co. A) found amongst the prisoners at Libby Prison
Richmond Examiner 5/31/1864; 1100 POWs from Libby are to be sent to Andersonville
Richmond Whig 5/31/1864; man from Lynchburg taken to Castle Thunder, charged with being a spy
Richmond Whig 5/31/1864; slave of Dr. Hancock drowns in Shockoe Creek
Richmond Sentinel 6/1/1864; "What is Belle Isle Kept Up For?"
Richmond Sentinel 6/1/1864; 200 prisoners admitted to Libby Prison
Richmond Sentinel 6/1/1864; 200 prisoners, taken at Atlee's, were brought to Libby yesterday
Richmond Whig 6/1/1864; 200 Yankee prisoners from Totopotomoy Creek arrive at Libby
Richmond Whig 6/2/1864; Dr. J. J. Gravatt thanks several ladies for contributions to Seabrook's Hospital
Richmond Whig 6/2/1864; tobacco factories on Main and Franklin near Church Hill have been re-occupied as prisons, and the guards are forcing people off the sidewalk. Major Turner puts a stop to this practice
Richmond Examiner 6/2/1864; 700 Yankees in GH21; "Ligon's factory" opened to handle the excess numbers
Richmond Sentinel 6/2/1864; 10 prisoners released from Castle Thunder
Richmond Examiner 6/2/1864; deaths in the Richmond hospitals is (percentage wise) less than it was during the seven days battles
Richmond Dispatch 6/3/1864; description of the Battle of Cold Harbor through June 2.
Richmond Enquirer 6/3/1864; Stuart Hospital opened
Richmond Examiner 6/3/1864; Stuart Hospital opened yesterday
Richmond Examiner 6/3/1864; 275 prisoners received at Libby Prison
Richmond Examiner 6/3/1864; 100 wounded brought in and distributed among the hospitals
Richmond Dispatch 6/4/1864; description of the the Battle of Cold Harbor, through June 3.
Richmond Examiner 6/4/1864; description of the the Battle of Cold Harbor, through June 3.
Richmond Examiner 6/4/1864; the remains of Colonel Keitt, 20th SC Infantry, who was killed on June 1 were taken to the Danville depot for transportation to South Carolina
Richmond Sentinel 6/4/1864; city was awakened by the sounds of the Battle of Cold Harbor yesterday; gives general description of the battle; estimates at least 10,000 Union casualties and very slight Confederate casualties
Richmond Examiner 6/4/1864; new arrivals at Castle Thunder, including one supposedly insane man
Richmond Examiner 6/4/1864; 800 Yankee wounded are in Richmond
Richmond Examiner 6/4/1864; appeal for citizens to send supplies to the hospitals, which are lacking greatly
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 Whig 6/4/1864; 706 prisoners, including 12 officers, arrive at Libby from Gen. Early's lines
Richmond Enquirer 6/7/1864; Dog-catchers round up hundreds of stray dogs; mentions Capt. Alexander's dog, and Howard's Grove.
Richmond Sentinel 6/7/1864; Dog-catchers round up hundreds of stray dogs
Richmond Sentinel 6/7/1864; call for Virginians to take in furloughed patients
Richmond Sentinel 6/7/1864; many patients in hospitals cannot be furloughed because their homes are in Yankee hands; those along the canal are requested to take them.
Richmond Whig 6/7/1864; details on a woman who told "Beast" Butler that Mayor Mayo had been thrown into Castle Thunder (false rumor)
Richmond Whig 6/7/1864; "three car-loads" of Yankees arrive from Cold Harbor
Charleston Mercury 6/8/1864; description of the Battle of Cold Harbor - notes that the sounds of battle could clearly be heard in Richmond
Richmond Whig 6/8/1864; How wounded are treated at Winder Hospital
Richmond Examiner 6/8/1864; wounded Yankee officer dies at the Libby Prison hospital
Richmond Examiner 6/9/1864; 1100 prisoners shipped to Andersonville yesterday; Gen. Winder ordered there; Libby Prison will be the receiving depot for prisoners taken north of Richmond, with their destination being Andersonville
Richmond Examiner 6/9/1864; More prisoners received at Libby Prison
Richmond Examiner 6/9/1864; persons shirking duty are sent to Castle Thunder
Richmond Whig 6/9/1864; six Yankee prisoners arrive at Libby
Richmond Enquirer 6/10/1864; Dr. Mary Walker, prisoner in Castle Thunder, wants to go home
Richmond Examiner 6/11/1864; 1100 wounded and sick Yankee prisoners at GH21
Richmond Enquirer 6/11, 13/1864; Oakwood cemetery is described very negatively
Richmond Enquirer 6/13/1864; ex-prisoner at Castle Thunder, member of the Arsenal Battalion, deserts to enemy near Bottom's Bridge
Richmond Sentinel 6/13/1864; letters and goodies for the Tredegar and Departmental battalions should be left at Mr. Tanner's office (address given)