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Richmond
Dispatch |
5/14/1862; description of the exchange of 860 prisoners
from “Libby’s and other factories;” Lieut. Turner escorts them down and
encounters the Monitor, Galena and Steven’s Battery on their way to
Richmond. On the way back up, the returned prisoners were taken off the
boats, and the boats (Curtis Peck, Northampton and Jamestown) scuttled in
the channel to obstruct the river prior to the battle at Drewry’s Bluff |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
6/3/1862; “Alms House Hospital” (GH#1)
is in need of nurses and provisions; gives a good description of the
hospital, and mentions the Sisters of Charity helping at the hospital |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
6/19/1862; ad for a stolen cow from
“J. D. Goodman’s Brewry, near Chimborazo Hospital” |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
6/23/1862; ad for the Wise Mounted
Guard to report to “Camp Pleasant, to the left of Chimborazo Hospital” |
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Richmond
Whig |
11/18/1862; accident on the City
Railroad – horses run off the track at 19th or 20th
street |
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Richmond
Whig |
11/18/1862; 110 prisoners brought
to Richmond on the Central railroad along with a “number of sutlers” |
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Richmond
Whig |
11/18/1862; George M. Savage’s
house burns down, formerly used as a Yankee hospital during the Seven Days
(Savage’s Station) |
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Richmond
Whig |
12/3/1862; excellent description of
the Robertson Hospital; describes admission procedure as well as the fact
that the "hospital is often in charge of a solitary young lady, who reads
prayers to the men every morning." |
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Richmond
Whig |
12/3/1862; soldier shot by sentinel
at the "Confederate prison, corner of Cary and 6th streets" |
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Richmond
Whig |
12/5/1862; Union man arrives at
Libby Prison from Stafford county – imprisoned in Libby as a spy |
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Guard Report |
4/2/1865; report of guard mounted
at Castle Thunder and Mayo's Bridge by 1st VA reserves |
