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Added January 31, 2001 Charles H. Winston Papers -
President of the Richmond Female Institute (GH#4), describes the taking over of
the building for the hospital, and its use.
Summary of Libby & Son file , M346,
National Archives. This describes monies paid by the Confederate Government to
Libby & Son, including purchases of supplies for James River obstructions,
and rent paid for Libby Prison.
Summary of John L. Ligon file ,
M346, National Archives. This file represents payments made by the Confederate
Government to John L. Ligon, for rent of his warehouse, purchase of supplies,
and renovations done to the warehouse.
Summary of William Liggan file ,
M346, National Archives. This file represents payments made by the Confederate
Government to William Liggan, a Richmond carpenter, for work done to numerous
Richmond Hospitals.
Summary of Franklin Stearns
file , M346, National Archives. This file represents payments made by the
Confederate Government to Franklin Stearns, a known Richmond Unionist, including
rent paid for several warehouses used as hospitals.
Richmond
Dispatch
7/2/1861;
description of "Mason's Hall," (GH#26) notes that it was opened
4 weeks ago for Tennesseans. Notes that more Tennesseans are at Company G
Hall and Temperance Hall.
Richmond
Dispatch
7/2/1861;
prison depot is located two blocks from the Henrico Court House, and
contains 75-100 prisoners
Houston
Tri-Weekly Telegraph
3/23/1863; correspondence of 5th TX
soldier describing the Texas Hospital, and the benevolence of Mr. Tanner,
co-proprietor of Tredegar Iron Works
Gen.
Wm. M. Gardner CSR, M331 10/23/1864;
description of the poor condition of the guard at Belle Isle
Richmond
Whig 4/10/1865; extensive list of property damage
caused by the evacuation fire
National
Tribune 12/14/1893; description of a clever escape of
two men from Libby Prison
National
Tribune 1/25/1894; description of how the Confederates
"tricked" Yankees into moving from Pemberton Prison to Belle
Isle
National
Tribune 11/4/1897; old soldier still has the flute he
kept at Libby Prison, and apparently played for Jefferson Davis
Richmond
Chancery Court Records, Will Book No. 7, p. 419 2/29/1900, 6/19/1900, 9/20/1900; the Last Will
and Testament of Elizabeth Van Lew, with two codicils
Richmond
Times-Dispatch 4/30/1910; obituary notice of Virginius
Bossieux, former commandant of Belle Isle.
Added January 25, 2001 In the Alexander Gardner
Catalog :
In the E. & H. T. Anthony
Catalog :
Added January 21, 2001 In the Alexander Gardner
Catalog :
Added January 19, 2001 In the Alexander Gardner
Catalog :
In the 1862 Brady Catalog :
Ruins of the
Spotswood Hotel , c. 1870. Photo by Cook.
Added January 17, 2001
Richmond
Sentinel 10/23/1863; 10,500 prisoners at
Belle Isle
Richmond
Sentinel 11/7/1863; fire near Chimborazo
Hospital
Richmond
Sentinel 12/2/1863; 510 Yankee prisoners at
Barrett's factory
Richmond
Sentinel 1/2/1864; 500 prisoners from "McCurdy's
tobacco factory" have been removed to Belle Isle
Richmond
Dispatch 12/26/1870; account of the Spotswood
Hotel fire, including many vignettes of of close escapes, and accounts of
the deaths of Erasmus Ross, former clerk of Libby Prison, and others.
Richmond
Dispatch 12/28/1870; more details of the
Spotswood Hotel fire
In the Alexander Gardner
Catalog :
857 [View in
the Burnt District; piles of rubble around lampost, gutted buildings beyond. ] Alexander Gardner
861 [Arsenal Yard looking toward the
Franklin Paper Mills ] Alexander
Gardner
863 [Ruins
of buildings, two men standing in background, small stack of
shot to their left. ] Alexander Gardner
864 [Ruins of buildings,
looking west, 2nd Presbyterian Church in background. ] Alexander Gardner
870 [View of
ruins of Richmond & Petersburg Railroad bridge. ] Alexander Gardner
877 [Freshet
in the James River, possible Mayo Island, trees surrounded by water. ] Alexander Gardner
878 [Haxall
Mills, showing the James River, looking west. ] Alexander Gardner
887
Ruins of Arsenal, Richmond, Looking towards Petersburg
Depot, April 10, 1865 .
Alexander Gardner
1008 Three-fourths
View of the Same Gun, as shown in No. 1005. William
Frank Browne
In the E. & H. T. Anthony
Catalog :
3068
Battery of a battery of 3 guns, on the
Battery, Charleston Harbor.
3070
Vandree Range, one of the principal
Streets, Charleston, S.C.
3080
View on the Battery, Charleston, S. C.,
remains of the large Blakely Gun.
3088
The ruins of 600 lb. Blakely Gun, Frazer's Wharf,
Charleston, S.C.
3102
The ruins of Circular Church and
Secession Hall, Meeting Street, Charleston, S. C.
3105
Meeting St., Charleston, S.C., looking
South, showing the ruins of Circular Church.
3107
View of John C. Calhoun’s Tomb, Charleston, S.C.
3109
Vendree Range, Charleston, S. C.,
looking east from near the corner of East Bay St.
3227
Arsenal grounds, Richmond, Va., showing
ruins and shot and shell scattered around.
3252
View of the Tredegar Iron Works,
looking across the arsenal grounds, Richmond, Va.
3256
Ruins of the Danville Railroad Depot,
Richmond, Va.
3265
Ruins of the Petersburgh Railroad
Bridge, Richmond, Va.
3292
The Custom House, Bank St., Richmond, Va.
3333
General Ferrero and Staff, Petersburgh, Va.
3375
Residence of Gen. Robert E. Lee,
Richmond, Va.
3383
Henry Clay’s Monument, Richmond, Va.
3436
Unitarian and German Lutheran Churches,
Archdale St., Charleston, S. C.
3438
Roman Catholic Cathedral burnt by the
Great Fire in 1861, Charleston, S. C.
3620
Panoramic
view of Richmond, Va., showing the Burnt District.
3621
Panoramic
view of Richmond, Va., showing the Burnt District.
3622
Panoramic view, Richmond, Va.
Added January 7, 2001
Shirleysburg
(PA) Herald 8/21/1862; letter from soldier on
Belle Isle, estimates over 4,000 prisoners there
Richmond
Enquirer 3/23/1865; details on recruitment
of black troops and call for volunteers; rendezvous for negro troops is at
Smith's factory, 21st street. T. P. Turner (Libby Prison) is one of the
officers
Richmond
Dispatch 3/3/1895; G. W. Alexander obituary, excellent
and lengthy description of his wartime service and Castle Thunder details,
with engraving of Alexander
National
Tribune 8/29/1895; brief description of the author's
prison experiences at Belle Isle, Pemberton, and Scott's prisons
National
Tribune 1/23/1896; brief account of the theft of a
blanket in Libby Prison in January, 1865
Added January 2, 2001
Richmond
Dispatch 8/2/1862; 600 Yankees have been
exchanged, including women from Castle Thunder; the sickest men from Belle
Isle and Libby are sent first; 4,100 remain on Belle Isle, and 400 at
Libby Prison
Richmond
Dispatch 9/8/1862; 500 prisoners paroled (400
from Belle Isle, 100 from Libby), guarded by men from Camp Lee
Richmond
Dispatch 9/8/1862; a new paper, the
"Southern Illustrated News" was issued on Saturday
Richmond
Dispatch 9/16/1862; two more of Pope's
officers have been confined at Libby Prison
Richmond
Dispatch 9/16-17/1862; deranged man shot at
Castle Thunder while trying to escape and later dies
Richmond
Dispatch 9/20/1862; counterfeiter escapes
from Castle Booker
Richmond
Dispatch 9/20/1862; 84 Castle Thunder inmates
have been taken to Winchester to be returned to their units
Richmond
Dispatch 9/22/1862; Tredegar Iron Works is
hiring boatmen
Richmond
Dispatch 9/22/1862; ten servants needed at
General Hospital #1
Richmond
Dispatch 9/24/1862; Pope's officers,
including General Prince, will be paroled today from Libby Prison
Richmond
Dispatch 9/26/1862; Capt. Henry Wirz has
been sent south to forward all remaining POWs to Richmond to be exchanged,
and get records on paroled prisoners
Richmond
Dispatch 9/29/1862; more on Wirz's mission
south, and estimates there are 5,000-6,000 remaining Yankee prisoners
throughout the South
Richmond
Dispatch 9/29/1862; 101 men from Castle
Thunder have been escorted to Winchester to be returned to their
regiments. Notes that the deserters will forfeit 3 months pays
Richmond
Dispatch 9/29/1862; Dr. Rucker is placed in
close confinement in Castle Thunder
Richmond
Dispatch 9/29/1862; flag of truce boat has
brought 205 Confederates to Richmond - they have been taken to the
Soldiers' Home and Camp Lee
Richmond
Dispatch 9/29/1862; wounded from Second
Manassas are taken to Camp Winder Hospital
Richmond
Dispatch 10/9/1862; escaped Castle Thunder
prisoner has been recaptured in the city
Richmond
Dispatch 10/9/1862; two Federal generals,
captured at Shiloh, as well as 1200 soldiers and 214 officers are expected
in Richmond soon
Richmond
Dispatch 10/11/1862; Federal commandant of
the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C. has inspected Castle Thunder
and finds it favorable; alludes to Capt. Alexander's escape from Federal
authorities early in the war
Richmond
Dispatch 10/13/1862; flag of truce left Libby
for Varina, with many officers captured at Shiloh - total number of
exchanged officers and men: 393
Richmond
Dispatch 10/13/1862; description of surgical
operation by O. F. Manson at the Moore Hospital (GH#24)
Richmond
Dispatch 10/13/1862; all sick and wounded
soldiers arriving in Richmond are taken to "Receiving Hospital"
(GH#9) before being conveyed elsewhere
Richmond
Dispatch 10/23/1862; 60 citizen prisoners in
Libby Prison will be sent North. More civilian prisoners are on their way
from Salisbury, N. C.
Richmond
Dispatch 10/23/1862; T. P. Turner has been
promoted to Captain and will return to be commandant of Libby Prison. In
the meantime, Capt. Alexander will command both Libby and Castle Thunder
Richmond
Dispatch 10/23/1862; Confederate deserters,
confined in Libby Prison hospital, escaped
Richmond
Enquirer 3/23/1865; description of the Winder-Jackson
Battalion's parade at Capitol square; call for Richmond ladies to produce
a flag for this unit
Richmond
Dispatch 6/1/1889; very negative description
of Libby Prison in Chicago and its' potential consequences
Baltimore
Sun 2/22/1895; G. W. Alexander obituary, describes
in great detail his early service in the Confederacy, imprisonment and
escape from Fort McHenry, and service in Richmond
National
Tribune 9/7/1896; man in Richmond is making gavels and
other trinkets from Libby Prison wood
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