October, 1861 |
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Richmond Enquirer | 10/1/1861; 34 convalescent soldiers from St. Francis de Sales, Medical College, and Bellevue hospitals sent to Petersburg |
Richmond Examiner | 10/1/1861; new hospital at Pleasants & Frazier (GH#14) |
Richmond Dispatch | 10/2/1861; excellent account of the arrival in Richmond of federal prisoners and their route through the city to Mayo's factory prison |
Richmond Dispatch | 10/3/1861; General Hospital #26 mentioned |
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 Dispatch | 10/8/1861; 100 women needed to work at the C. S. Laboratory |
Richmond Enquirer | 10/11/1861; excellent description of the Richmond Arsenal and its operation. |
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 Dispatch | 10/16/1861; two of the three warehouses belonging to Geo. Palmer, (soon to be Libby Prison) are for rent |
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 Dispatch | 10/17/1861; Cooks needed at Chimborazo Hospital |
Richmond Dispatch | 10/17/1861; Washerwomen needed at the Georgia hospitals - apply to Smith's Factory, 21st street |
Richmond Dispatch | 10/21/1861; arrival of more federal prisoners; there are now 1,189 prisoners in Richmond |
Richmond Dispatch | 10/23/1861; St. Charles Hotel (GH#8) gets contribution of $4000 |
Richmond Dispatch | 10/28/1861; Taylor's Factory has been taken as a prison |
Richmond Dispatch | 10/28/1861; description of Richmond's attitude toward U. S. prisoners |
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