Richmond
Examiner |
6/26/1861; cholera victim at Camp Lee buried at Shockoe
Cemetery |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/27/1861; slave of Wm. Greanor was
arrested for throwing a rock |
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] |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/31/1861; account of a shooting
incident at Harwood's prison (future GH#24) |
Richmond
Examiner |
9/26/1861; Gilliam's Factory becomes hospital (GH#3) |
Richmond
Examiner |
9/26/1861; Ad for tobacco at Hardgrove Factory |
Richmond
Examiner |
9/26/1861; 50 patients in Main Street Hospital
(Ross' Factory) |
Richmond
Examiner |
9/27/1861; Fire at C. S. Laboratory |
Richmond
Examiner |
9/27/1861; A southern turncoat is among the
prisoners at General Hospital #1 |
Richmond
Examiner |
9/30/1861; Dr. Bolton reports 51 patients in Bellevue
Hospital |
Richmond
Examiner |
9/30/1861; Texas Soldier dies at St. Charles
Hospital (GH#8) |
Richmond
Examiner |
10/1/1861; new hospital at Pleasants & Frazier
(GH#14) |
Richmond
Examiner |
10/4/1861; Yankee prisoners, kept at General
Hospital #1, to be exchanged |
Richmond
Examiner |
10/4/1861; Yankee prisoner escapes from Ross'
Factory |
Richmond
Examiner |
10/7/1861; Hon. Alfred Ely (US Congressman)
presented with a mock sword in prison |
Richmond
Examiner |
10/11/1861; 40 Federal prisoners being treated at
GH#1; details about Mrs. Ricketts coming to Richmond to nurse her wounded
husband |
Richmond
Examiner |
10/11/1861; man arrested for trespassing at
Turpin & Yarborough's tobacco factory, "now used as a
hospital." |
Richmond
Examiner |
10/11/1861; Monticello, home of Thomas
Jefferson, to be confiscated by the Confederate States government because
of owner's disloyalty |
Richmond
Examiner |
10/16/1861; Masonic fraternity offers hall as hospital |
Richmond
Examiner |
10/16/1861; Federal prisoners removed from GH#1
and moved to prison on Main st. |
Richmond
Examiner |
11/4/1861; Tents blown down at
Camp Lee and Dimmock |
Richmond
Examiner |
11/4/1861; Two Yankee prisoners,
permitted leave in the city, attempt to escape, but are re-captured |
Richmond
Examiner |
12/2/1861; hospitals established in Grant factories
(GH#12) |
Richmond
Examiner |
3/6/1862; Unionists and grog-sellers
have been confined in McDaniel's jail (Castle Godwin) |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/26/1862; sick prisoners in Libby |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/2/1862; St. Charles Hotel (GH#8) being used as
a hospital |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/4/1862; ladies needed to help at GH#1 |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/21/1862; four prisoners arrive at
Libby Prison |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/23/1862; account of refusal of
the guard at Libby Prison to do duty there |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/27/1862; U. S. Hotel (GH#10) to be converted to hospital
use |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/2/1862; list of prisons in use at
Richmond, including Libby and others |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/4/1862; hospitals opened at
Bosher's carriage factory and Lainers' warehouse (under the Spotswood) |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/4/1862; Kent & Paine Hospital
(GH#5) has a list of patients published at the door |
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
Examiner |
7/5/1862; new hospital has been
opened at Crawford's saloon, by Mr. Ezell of SC |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/5/1862; new prisons needed;
Warwick's mill is being prepared |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/7/1862; Camp Lee is being
considered for use as a prison |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/7/1862; many Yankees brought to
the "hospital
on Cary, near Twentieth street" |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/8/1862; fire at GH#5 |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/11/1862; Spottswood Hotel and Danville RR shop to be used
as hospitals |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/11/1862; list of wounded received at Chimborazo |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/12/1862; cots are being made for
Union wounded at Libby Prison; says that many prisoners will soon be sent
to Belle Isle |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/14/1862; prisoners have been sent
to Belle Isle, officers are confined in Crenshaw warehouse (within
Tredegar Iron Works); account of letters sent from Libby Prison |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/21/1862; praise of ladies working
at Howard Hospital (GH#22), located in Atkinson's factory |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/22/1862; Crew Factory Hospital (GH#15) in good order |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/22/1862; prisoners at Libby sent to Belle Isle;
there are 4,700 there now. Wounded prisoners (1,000) remain at Libby |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/23/1862; Libby Prison has become a
hospital for sick prisoners; well prisoners are at Belle Isle. Lt. Turner
is in charge |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/25/1862; Yankee prisoners are being paroled,
very few remain in Richmond; mortality amongst prisoners is 50%+ |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/25/1862; Wm. Carrington, surgeon at GH#10
thanks contributors; says Carrington is also in charge of "temporary
hospitals" |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/26/1862; Notice that two men from Winder
Hospital have been dispatched to the countryside to purchase subsistence
items |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/26/1862; Oakwood cemetery described
negatively; men are buried 3 deep |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/26/1862; escapee from Castle Godwin, Lacy,
has been re-captured |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/26/1862; Medical Purveyor's office receives a
generous donation from employees at the C. S. Laboratory |
Richmond
Examiner |
9/19/1862; Three companies of Marylanders are
at Camp Maryland, contiguous to Camp Winder |
Richmond
Examiner |
9/24/1862; Belle Isle, now empty, is being
fumigated |
Richmond
Examiner |
11/10/1862; Castle Thunder details |
Richmond
Examiner |
11/10/1862; Libby prison items - 150 yankees
paroled |
Richmond
Examiner |
11/10/1862; Engineer Bureau Hospital described |
Richmond
Examiner |
11/10/1862; Canal boat sinks near Tredegar Iron
Works |
Richmond
Examiner |
3/14/1863; Libby Prison items;
gives details of the capture of Brig. Gen. E. H. Stoughton, at Fairfax
Court House; Stoughton & others initially lodged at Ballard house,
dragged out at night by provost marshals |
Richmond
Examiner |
3/14/1863; Explosion at C. S. Laboratory |
Richmond
Examiner |
3/14/1863; two Confederate
deserters put in Castle Thunder |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/1/1863; 815 Yankee prisoners have been
paroled from Libby Prison |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/1/1863; eight prisoners,
including six Yankee deserters, are registered at Libby, from Weldon, N.
C. |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/3/1863; hospital at Castle Thunder moved to 21st between
Main & Cary |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/3/1863; list of alleged bread
rioters that were arrested are are being examined by the Mayor today |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/4/1863; editorial regarding the
recent bread riot |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/4/1863; account of the trials of
several of the bread rioters, great details on individual cases, including
Mary Jackson and Dr. Thomas M. Palmer, surgeon at the Florida Hospital (GH#11) |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/4/1863; reaction to a former Libby
prisoner's writings |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/4/1863; buildings of the C. S. Laboratory
have been rebuilt |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/4/1863; Castle Thunder items |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/4/1863; captured United States
flags are stored at Libby Prison |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/4/1863; youthful rock battles are
occurring daily on Gamble's Hill |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/6/1863; account of the trials of
several of the bread rioters, great details on individual cases |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/6/1863; the Richmond City
Battalion (25th Bn VA Inf) is understood to be leaving the city for active
service due to unsavory types infesting its ranks |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/6/1863; Canal Basin bridge at 8th
street, which collapsed under the weight of passing Yankee prisoners, is
annoying by its absence |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/7/1863; account of the trials of
several of the bread rioters, great details on individual cases |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/7/1863; account of the
arraignment of Thomas Palmer, Surgeon at the Florida Hospital; J. H.
Gilmer and G. W. Randolph are the accused's legal counsel |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/7/1863; The Spotswood Hotel is
enlarging its facilities |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/8/1863; account of the trials of
several of the bread rioters, great details on individual cases |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/8/1863; prisoner at Castle
Thunder was shot at and wounded after verbally abusing a guard |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/8/1863; many prisoners have
arrived at Libby Prison; a flag of truce exchanged prisoners yesterday |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/8/1863; two Yankee POWs, who had
taken an oath of allegiance to the CSA, attempted to escape back to Union
lines and were recaptured and sent to Libby, then to Castle Thunder |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/9/1863; denial by Martha Goode
that she is one of the bread rioters - claims someone is using her name |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/9/1863; Castle Thunder items;
notes that two members of the city battalion (the guards for the Richmond
prisons) have been imprisoned for sleeping at their posts |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/9/1863; denial of the rumor that
the Spotswood Hotel is closing |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/9/1863; a portion of the
detective force stationed at Castle Thunder has been sent to work for the
Provost Marshal |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/9/1863; more cases at the Mayor's
Court from the Bread Riot |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/18/1863; Two artillerists, including a man
from Battery #2, who escaped from Castle Thunder have been recaptured |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/7/1863; prisoner is shot and
killed while trying to escape Castle Thunder |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/11/1863; between two and three
thousand Yankee prisoners arrive and quartered at Crew's factory |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/11/1863; Castle Thunder admittees;
1300 Yankees arrived at Libby yesterday - if this rate keeps up, Belle
Isle will be re-opened |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/11/1863; two prisoners at Castle
Thunder die of Small Pox |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/14/1863; prisoners at Libby and Belle Isle
are being paroled |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/15/1863; GH#22 in excellent order |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/16/1863; fire at Crenshaw Mills and Tredegar Iron Works |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/16/1863; Belle Isle is vacant of
prisoners |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/16/1863; Polish soldiers in Libby
Prison |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/18/1863; Tredegar employees are
retaining their jobs, despite damage to the works |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/19/1863; GH#22 mortality rate 3 1/8%; others, 5% |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/21/1863; care of patients at Louisiana
Hospital |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/21/1863; escape attempt at
Castle Thunder |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/21/1863; 764 Yankee prisoners in
Richmond, including 250 officers |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/21/1863; large, new Confederate
flag is being flown over Libby Prison |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/21/1863; ruined wall at Tredegar
falls down, injuring several |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/13/1863; fire at Seabrook's (GH#9) |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/13/1863; 50 Yankees arrive at
Libby Prison hospital, including Capt. Wm. Sawyer |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/4/1863; damaged Tredegar
departments are being restored to operation; Crenshaw mills will not be
rebuilt |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/11/1863; Seabrook's (GH#9) emptied to receive wounded from
Gettysburg |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/17/1863; 1500 wounded from Gettysburg distributed to
Richmond hospitals from GH#9 |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/17/1863; no more visitors will be
allowed at Drewry's Bluff |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/21/1863; Yankee prisoner at
"the prison opposite Castle Thunder" is shot by the guard for
leaning out the window. |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/21/1863; A member of the
Washington Artillery, a four-time escapee from Castle Thunder has been
recaptured and put back in Castle Thunder |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/21/1863; negro soldier
discovered on Belle Isle while paroling prisoners |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/21/1863; 1,006 prisoners paroled
from Belle Isle and sent north |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/27/1863; GH#22 closed; Jackson opened |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/28/1863; prisoners at Castle
Thunder now have access to the "large plaza" attached to it |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/28/1863; 4,300 total prisoners
in Richmond; 3,309 at Belle Isle; several thousand paroled recently |
Richmond
Examiner |
8/6/1863; sick and disabled on furlough to
GH#12 |
Richmond
Examiner |
8/6/1863; 500 prisoners at Castle
Thunder will be released |
Richmond
Examiner |
9/1/1863; Belle Isle has 4 - 5,000 prisoners |
Richmond
Examiner |
9/1/1863; Commandants of Libby and
Castle Thunder have been called back for duty, after leave of absence of
15 days |
Richmond
Examiner |
9/1/1863; Few arrivals at Libby
prison |
Richmond
Examiner |
10/5/1863; Guard at Libby Prison
shoots three fellow guards |
Richmond
Examiner |
10/5/1863; 8,550 prisoners at
Belle Isle |
Richmond
Examiner |
10/5/1863; Guard at Belle Isle put
in Castle Thunder for trading with prisoners |
Richmond
Examiner |
10/5/1863; Maryland officer dies
in the Libby Prison hospital |
Richmond
Examiner |
10/5/1863; city wants Almshouse (GH#1) back for
the poor |
Richmond
Examiner |
1/1/1864; New Year's dinner donations to Camp Lee |
Richmond
Examiner |
2/11/1864; good description of the "great escape"
from Libby Prison. Castle Thunder mentioned. |
Richmond
Examiner |
2/12/1864; 22 Libby escapees re-captured and description of
the breakout |
Richmond
Examiner |
2/15/1864; recapturing Libby escapee anecdotes |
Richmond
Examiner |
2/15/1864; recapturing Libby escapee anecdotes |
Richmond
Examiner |
2/16/1864; No more escapees from Libby have
been captured. |
Richmond
Examiner |
2/20/1864; Major General Scammon and staff
brought to Libby; 58 escapees have been recaptured |
Richmond
Examiner |
3/2/1864; detective killed at "deserters'
prison" opposite Castle Thunder |
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
Examiner |
3/5/1864; account of the Dahlgren
Raid and the papers found on Dahlgren's body |
Richmond
Examiner |
3/30/1864; Libby and Belle Isle are nearly empty |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/23/1864; 40 acre vegetable garden at Jackson Hosp.; now
library wanted |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/5/1864; Seabrook's (GH#9) readied for arrival of wounded |
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Examiner |
5/23/1864; list of Yankee officers in the
Libby Prison hospital; notes that there are 85 prisoners currently in
Libby |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/25/1864; wounded prisoners at GH#21, Ross Factory, &
2nd Alabama |
Richmond
Examiner |
5/25/1864; VMI cadets arrive in Richmond,
parade in Capitol Square and hear speeches from Governor Smith and President
Davis |
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
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
Examiner |
6/2/1864; 700 Yankees in GH21;
"Ligon's factory" opened to handle the excess numbers |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/2/1864; deaths in the Richmond
hospitals is (percentage wise) less than it was during the seven days
battles |
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
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
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
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
Examiner |
6/11/1864; 1100 wounded and sick
Yankee prisoners at GH21 |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/17/1864; few inmates in Libby Prison - most
of them are being sent south to Andersonville as fast as they come in |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/17/1864; describes the beneficial use of
tobacco warehouses as prisons and hospitals to the Confederacy |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/17/1864; few new prisoners at Castle
Thunder, list of those who have been admitted recently |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/17/1864; Thirty Yankee prisoners arrive at
Libby |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/18/1864; description of what Richmond has
given up as the Confederate capital |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/18/1864; ice for the hospitals is now in
abundance |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/21/1864; more wounded arrive at GH#9 |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/22/1864; Libby Prison is now recording the
country of origin of prisoners |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/23/1864; Confederate deserter (former Lt.
Col. of 18th TN) is found amongst Yankees at Libby Prison |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/23/1864; Ladies bearing food and goodies are
turned away from Stuart Hospital and demand an explanation |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/23/1864; 20-30 prisoners arrive at Libby
with 2 officers |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/24/1864; explanation from surgeon in charge
of Stuart Hospital as to why ladies were refused admittance |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/25/1864; 676 enlisted prisoners and 67
officers arrive at Libby Prison; list of some of the more prominent
officers |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/27/1864; 3000 prisoners arrive in Richmond,
Libby is full and Belle Isle has been reopened |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/27/1864; No more flag of truce steamers will
be allowed |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/27/1864; insolent Yankee POW struck (and
knocked out) for making a slur upon a Richmond lady |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/28/1864; over 4,000 prisoners in Richmond,
but not one arrived at Libby yesterday |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/29/1864; description of boxing match at
Castle Thunder and reception of new prisoners |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/29/1864; Details of the imprisonment of Dr.
Mary Walker in Castle Thunder |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/29/1864; member of detail escorting
prisoners to Libby Prison is too polite to the prisoners |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/30/1864; notes that no money is taken from
the prisoners at Castle Thunder - the quartermaster keeps it for them |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/30/1864; Mortality in Richmond hospitals is
remarkably small |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/30/1864; Cage items; notes that no new
criminals are being brought in |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/30/1864; the canal basin is nasty - if it is
drained, murdered corpses are likely to be found |
Richmond
Examiner |
6/30/1864; hilarious account of a "fistic
scene." |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/1/1864; Belle Isle has been re-opened as a
prison |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/1/1864; Sutler's post at Castle Thunder has
been abolished |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/5/1864; Richmond prisons, except Castle
Thunder and Belle Isle, are nearly empty |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/5/1864; No new admittees at the cage |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/5/1864; Surgeon General is going to diminish
the number of hospitals, because few patients are remaining in the
hospitals; the good condition is accredited to the abundance of ice |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/8/1864; Belle Isle is once again
uninhabited - all the prisoners have been sent south; hostages and special
prisoners are kept at Libby |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/8/1864; few new arrivals to the
military prisons |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/14/1864; escape attempt at Libby
Prison |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/15/1864; rumor of Chimborazo in
flames is not true - the fire is in the country |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/15/1864; very few prisoners left
in Richmond; they have been forwarded to Andersonville |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/15/1864; "particular
class" of prisoner from Castle Thunder will be sent to Salisbury, NC |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/19/1864; department at Castle
Thunder is reserved for "depraved
and abandoned women" |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/19/1864; John J. Lindsay,
arrested for falsely claiming that he was the agent for Chimborazo, proves
that he is (or was) and is released |
Richmond
Examiner |
7/19/1864; 20 prisoners arrive at
Libby, but no officers |
Richmond
Examiner |
8/4/1864; appeal to move all sick prisoners to
Belle Isle |
Richmond
Examiner |
8/4/1864; North Carolina Soldiers'
Home is at the old Union hotel; surgeon from GH#24 is in charge of relief
assn. |
Richmond
Examiner |
8/4/1864; 53 prisoners at Castle
Thunder have been sent to Salisbury, N. C. |
Richmond
Examiner |
10/10/1864; 10,100 received at GH#9 July - Sept. |
Richmond
Examiner |
11/9/1864; fire at the Libby Prison stables |