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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 |
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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. |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
3/4/1864; correction: the Armory Battalion,
not the Tredegar Battalion, were responsible for repulsing Dahlgren's
raiders |
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Richmond
Examiner |
3/5/1864; account of the Dahlgren Raid and the
papers found on Dahlgren's body |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
3/5/1864; account of the papers found on Col.
Dahlgren's body with schedule and orders |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
3/5/1864; editorial concerning the Dahlgren
raid; advocates like treatment of Lincoln and prisoners |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
3/5/1864; 25 more of Dahlgren's raiders have
been received at Libby Prison |
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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 |
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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 |
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Richmond
Whig |
3/17/1864; two Spotsylvania
men are taken to Castle Thunder under charge of piloting Kilpatrick on the
recent raid |
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Richmond
Whig |
3/21/1864; the papers found on
Dahlgren's body have been filed in the War Department |
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Richmond
Whig |
3/26/1864; Dahlgren's crutch is at
the Whig office |
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Official
Records, I, Vol. XXXIII, p. 177 |
3/30/1864; letter from General Butler to
Admiral Dahlgren assuring the admiral that the reports concerning the
mistreatment of Col. Dahlgren's remains are false, and that the body would
be forwarded on the next flag-of-truce |
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Official
Records, I, Vol. XXXIII, pp. 177-180 |
4/1/1864; correspondence between General Lee
and General Meade regarding the Dahlgren raid. |
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Official
Records, I, Vol. XXXIII, pp. 170-176 |
4/8/1864; report of General Meade of the
failed Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid; includes orders and correspondence before
the raid as well as after it. Kilpatrick denies that the order to burn
Richmond was authentic |
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New
York Herald |
4/13/1865; excellent letter from Richmond
describing the Federal occupation of Richmond, mentions Tredegar, former
slaves, Rocketts, former rebel hospitals (Chimborazo, Jackson, Stuart) - All
patients now at Jackson, Stuart Hospital is now a US Post Hospital.
Dahlgren's body found and is being returned to Washington. Castle Thunder
and Libby Prison are now holding Confederates. Also notes veneration of
Robert E. Lee in Richmond |
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Kilpatrick's and Dahlgren's Raid
to Richmond |
George
Pond's excellent account of Dahlgren's Raid |
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National
Tribune |
9/14/1899; “A Union Man in Richmond” part six of serialized account.
Describes the feeling in Richmond at the time of the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren
Raid, Pawnee Sunday (1861), a female Confederate spy at his boarding house,
and other details of life at his boarding house. |
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New York
Times |
4/5/1891; part nine of serialized
account of life in Libby. Describes the plan to break out of Libby upon the
success of Dahlgren's raid. Says that there were 1,200 prisoners in Libby at
the time. Also noted that 20,000 others in Richmond between Belle Isle and
Pemberton. Notes that prison authorities found out about the plot and
brought in extra guards and artillery across the street. Relates hearsay
evidence of Turner's statement that the prison was mined. |
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New York
Times |
4/12/1891; part ten of serialized
account of life in Libby. Basically a refutation of Col. Di Cesnola's
account regarding the action to be taken during Dahlgren's raid. Notes that
Di Cesnola was the acknowledged leader. Continues with his narrative,
describing how he faked being sick in order to be taken to the hospital,
with the intent to be sent away. |
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Richmond
Times-Dispatch |
11/17/1901; good account of the burial of Col.
Ulric Dahlgren in Oakwood Cemetery, and the raiding of the grave; author
was a member of the 19th VA H.A., camped at Battery 5, and guarding Libby
Prison at the time |
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Richmond
Times-Dispatch |
2/25/1906; assertion that Ulric Dahlgren's body
was not abused, while lying at the York River R. R. depot; notes that a
finger was gone |
M'Anerny, John. "Dahlgren's Raid on Richmond." Confederate Veteran
Vol. 29, pp. 20-2 1.
