August, 1861

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Richmond Dispatch, 8/1/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/1/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/1/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/1/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/1/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/2/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/2/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/2/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/2/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/2/1861
Richmond Daily Dispatch, 8/2/1861
Richmond Enquirer, 8/2/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/3/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/3/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/3/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/3/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/3/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/3/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/3/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/4/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/5/1861
Richmond Enquirer, 8/5/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/6/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/6/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/6/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/6/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/6/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/6/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/7/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/7/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/8/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/8/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/8/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/8/1861
Richmond Daily Dispatch, 8/8/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/9/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/9/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/10/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/10/1861
Richmond Enquirer, 8/10/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/12/1861
Richmond Dispatch 8/12/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/12/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/12/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/12/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/13/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/13/1861
Richmond Enquirer, 8/13/61
Richmond Dispatch, 8/14/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/15/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/15/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/15/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/15/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/15/1861
Richmond Daily Dispatch, 8/15/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/16/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/16/1861
Richmond Enquirer, 8/16/1861
Richmond Enquirer, 8/16/61
Richmond Dispatch, 8/17/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/17/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/20/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/20/1861
Richmond Enquirer, 8/20/1861
Richmond Enquirer, 8/20/61
Richmond Dispatch, 8/21/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/21/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/22/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/22/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/22/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/22/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/23/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/23/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/23/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/24/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/24/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/24/1861
Richmond Enquirer, 8/24/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/26/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/26/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/26/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/27/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/27/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/28/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/28/1861
Richmond Enquirer, 8/28/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/29/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/29/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/30/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/30/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/31/1861
Richmond Dispatch, 8/31/1861
Richmond Enquirer, 8/31/1861

 


August, 1861 Richmond Newspapers

Richmond Dispatch 8/1/1861; funeral of a Mississippian will take place at St. Charles Hospital (future GH#8)
Richmond Dispatch 8/1/1861; two POWs arrive - one a spy
Richmond Dispatch 8/1/1861; families who have sick and wounded soldiers in their homes are requested to call their family physicians or report to "hospital on 26th, near Main" (probably Ross' factory)
Richmond Dispatch 8/1/1861; report of a body left on the platform at the Virginia Central depot
Richmond Whig 8/1/1861; details on private hospitals in school-houses on Clay street
Richmond Dispatch 8/2/1861; majority of wounded POWs are at the alms house; hospital established for prisoners at Ross' Factory
Richmond Dispatch 8/2/1861; statistics of city tobacco warehouses, including Seabrook's, showing a marked decline from the same time a year before
Richmond Dispatch 8/2/1861; soldiers encamped near Hollywood Cemetery are requested not to fire their weapons into the cemetery, after funeral attendee is struck by a spent bullet
Richmond Dispatch 8/2/1861; 70 wounded POWs brought to Richmond
Richmond Dispatch 8/2/1861; 15 negro men wanted to work in the Alms House Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 8/2/1861; rumor of body on the platform at the Virginia Central depot is false
Richmond Dispatch 8/3/1861; the number of wounded POWs is now near 500 and more arriving; medicines will be needed
Richmond Dispatch 8/3/1861; Cook, Servants, and Cleaning Women needed at the St. Charles Hospital.
Richmond Dispatch 8/3/1861; 3 Chambermaids and a Porter are needed at the Spotswood Hotel
Richmond Dispatch 8/3/1861; Jas. H. Burton, Supt. C. S. Armory, taking bids for stone.
Richmond Dispatch 8/3/1861; appointment of new superintendent of the Richmond and York River RR
Richmond Dispatch 8/3/1861; great description of train accident on the Central Railroad, near Hanover Junction
Richmond Whig 8/3/1861; description of hospital facilities in Richmond (St. Charles Hotel, Masons’ Hall)
Richmond Whig 8/3/1861; "The Life Guard," and "Capt. Bayly's company" are at Camp Lee
Richmond Whig 8/3/1861; President Davis ad family have moved into their home at 12th and Clay streets
Richmond Dispatch 8/4/1861; more details on the Hanover Junction train wreck
Richmond Dispatch 8/5/1861; 74 new Yankee POWs arrive - housed at prison in Jefferson Ward
Richmond Whig 8/5/1861; description of the "prison depot," particularly Harwood's factory, and recommendations for treatment of prisoners
Richmond Dispatch 8/6/1861; Medical College Hospital needs servant & washerwoman
Richmond Dispatch 8/6/1861; Henrico Liberty Guard to meet at Company G Hall
Richmond Dispatch 8/6/1861; Geo. Watt & Co. selling bowie knives & Artillery swords
Richmond Dispatch 8/6/1861; 17 Yankee POWs have died in Richmond so far
Richmond Dispatch 8/6/1861; soldier from the 20th VA died at the St. Charles Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 8/6/1861; funeral of soldier from St. Charles Hospital
Richmond Whig 8/6/1861; ladies of St. James Episcopal Church have obtained Judge Robertson's house, corner of 3rd and Main, for use as a hospital (later Robertson Hospital)
Richmond Dispatch 8/7/1861; Court Martial at Hermitage Fair Grounds. Col. Wigfall to be President
Richmond Dispatch 8/7/1861; ad for tobacco from Turpin & Yarbrough's factory
Richmond Dispatch 8/8/1861; St. Charles Hosp. (GH#8) has 160 patients
Richmond Dispatch 8/8/1861; nearly 300 Yankee POWs at Alms House; mentions Col. Wilcox and Capt. Ricketts being there
Richmond Dispatch 8/8/1861; Mrs. Judge Hopkins' hospital, 5th bw Clay & Leigh, remarkably neat, etc
Richmond Dispatch 8/8/1861; description of an officers' suicide at the Ballard House
Richmond Dispatch 8/8/1861; 109 prisoners in the city jail
Richmond Whig 8/8/1861; General Hospital #1 described
Richmond Dispatch 8/9/1861; notes on high POW mortality
Richmond Dispatch 8/9/1861; 11 Yankee POWs arrive
Richmond Whig 8/9/1861; St. Charles Hospital (GH#8) has been spreading sawdust on the road to keep it quiet
Richmond Whig 8/9/1861; appeal for Congress to establish a "National Hospital" in the mountains
Richmond Dispatch 8/10/1861; sawdust sprinkled on Wall st. to deaden noise near St. Charles Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 8/10/1861; Dr. E. S. Gaillard awarded $100 for dissertation on ozone
Richmond Whig 8/10/1861; appeal for the Alms House to be occupied by Confederate wounded, and the Yankees moved out. Praises the hospital as a "large and airy building"
Richmond Dispatch 8/12/1861; three deaths at Bellevue Hospital and burials in Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond Dispatch 8/12/1861; Ad for Singer's Barrel factory, Cary bw 18th & 19th
Richmond Dispatch 8/12/1861; 3 negro nurses needed for Medical College Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 8/12/1861; letter from POW of 69th NY, at Alms House Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 8/13/1861; St. Charles Hospital "greatly in need of nurses"
Richmond Dispatch 8/13/1861; St. Charles & Wall St. Hospitals contain more than 460 patients
Richmond Enquirer 8/13/1861; member of 2nd SC died at St. Charles Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 8/14/1861; Mrs. Jefferson Davis applies for carriage driver & dining room waiter
Richmond Whig 8/14/1861; recommendation that negroes be employed as hospital assistants and that Yankees be moved out of the Alms House
Richmond Dispatch 8/15/1861; hospital at Gilliam's Factory (General Hospital #3) needs supplies
Richmond Dispatch 8/15/1861; Yankee POW escapes from Harwood's Factory, but recaptured - details on capture by Henrico minister
Richmond Dispatch 8/15/1861; note from Mrs. Judge Hopkins, thanking donors to Alabama Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 8/15/1861; Armory is taking bids for building a brick wall
Richmond Dispatch 8/15/1861; a dozen Manassas POWs arrive, and taken to the prison on Main Street
Richmond Dispatch 8/16/1861; 4th Company of Richmond Howitzers are gathering at New Fairgrounds (Camp Lee)
Richmond Enquirer 8/16/1861; sick soldiers being brought to Gilliam's Factory (Gen. Hos. #3)
Richmond Dispatch 8/17/1861; Mrs. A. F. Hopkins of Mobile in town, collecting & disbursing supplies for Ladies Military Aid Society of Mobile
Richmond Dispatch 8/17/1861; 2 escapees from Harwood's recaptured in King William County
Richmond Whig 8/17/1861; reiteration of appeal to move Yankees out of Alms House
Richmond Dispatch 8/20/1861; detailed account of visit to Alms House Prison Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 8/20/1861; paragraph on grave-digging at Hollywood; nearly 100 soldier graves already
Richmond Enquirer 8/20/1861; Centenary Methodist Church Hospital established
Richmond Whig 8/20/1861; Sycamore Church establishes hospital in their lecture-room
Richmond Dispatch 8/21/1861; St. Charles Hospital feeding hundreds daily, on private contributions
Richmond Dispatch 8/21/1861; ad for someone to superintend St. Charles Hospital
Richmond Whig 8/21/1861; gratuitous praise of the nearly complete Richmond fortifications
Richmond Dispatch 8/22/1861; Thos. M. Palmer, Surg. 2nd FL, ad for lost or stolen horses
Richmond Dispatch 8/22/1861; 2 POWs recaptured after escaping from Main St. prison
Richmond Dispatch 8/22/1861; 14th AL encamped just beyond Bloody Run gully; dress parades "occur on the level ground just above the gully" (Chimborazo Hill)
Richmond Dispatch 8/22/1861; short extract from letter of Yankee POW, describing prison building
Richmond Dispatch 8/23/1861; excellent description of Springfield Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 8/23/1861; resident students needed at Medical College Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 8/23/1861; Pattern maker needed at the Armory
Richmond Dispatch 8/24/1861; note from Co. B, Tredegar Bn., thanking J. R. Anderson and others for contributing towards uniforming the company
Richmond Dispatch 8/24/1861; Springfield Hospital needs one cook & one washerwoman
Richmond Dispatch 8/26/1861; lists two Yankee officers who died recently at Alms House
Richmond Dispatch 8/26/1861; member of CS guard at Ligon's factory shoots his officer
Richmond Dispatch 8/26/1861; list of prominent Yankee POWs at Alms House
Richmond Whig 8/26/1861; Improvements to General Hospital #1.
Richmond Dispatch 8/27/1861; 21 new POWs arrive
Richmond Dispatch 8/27/1861; Hodge cartridges tested at Armory on 8/26, with success
Richmond Dispatch 8/27/1861; Letter from "Militia;" included a few facts on Tredegar Battalion
Richmond Dispatch 8/28/1861; note from patients at St. Charles Hospital thanking everyone for good help
Richmond Dispatch 8/28/1861; death notice of a soldier at Robertson Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 8/29/1861; Surgeon at Gilliam's factory (GH#3) advertises for servants and wardmaster
Richmond Dispatch 8/29/1861; 6 female nurses needed at St. Charles Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 8/30/1861; 5 negroes caught having a party at Lancastrian Schoolhouse
Richmond Dispatch 8/30/1861; 13 POWs arrive
Richmond Dispatch 8/30/1861; very good article on St. Charles Hospital; gives stats
Richmond Dispatch 8/31/1861; good stuff on Alabama Hospital organization - letter from Mrs. Hopkins; says the Alabama Hosp. est. 8/1/1861
Richmond Dispatch 8/31/1861; 2 good nurses needed for Alabama Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 8/31/1861; good description of Sycamore Church Hospital; opened 8/21
Richmond Whig 8/31/1861; Richmond Female Institute (later GH#4) will remain open
Richmond Whig 8/31/1861; description of Sycamore Hospital

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