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Added January 22, 2003

Richmond Enquirer 10/21/1861; winter quarters in the vicinity of the reservoir are nearly completed (future Winder Hospital)
Richmond Enquirer 11/12/1861; quarterly statistics of the Shockoe Cemetery - 99 POWs buried there
Richmond Enquirer 11/18/1861; great description of the prison system in Richmond with list of employees (included Wirz and Higginbotham). Notes that over 2000 POWs now in Richmond
Richmond Enquirer 11/21/1861; sentinel at unnamed prison charged and acquitted of shooting at the prisoners
Richmond Enquirer 11/21/1861; sentinel at "Confederate Prison No. 2" accidentally shot two prisoners, one mortally. Mentions that he was on a hill behind the prison when his musket accidentally discharged. Mayor finds that the incident was an accident
Richmond Enquirer 11/23/1861; a baker is wanted at the General Hospital (GH#1)
Richmond Enquirer 12/10/1861; 3 officers and one VMI cadet are ordered from the Camp of Instruction to duty in the prisons (includes T. P. Turner and Geo. Emack)
Richmond Enquirer 12/14/1861; new hospital opened at Mayo's factory, corner of 25th and Cary street
Richmond Enquirer 12/18/1861; Capt. Ricketts and his wife are to be sent North - notes that while in Richmond they were visited by Pres. Davis and others
Richmond Sentinel 8/4/1863; notes that the grounds of the Hermitage Fair Grounds (Camp Lee) have been negatively impacted by the usages of war
Richmond Sentinel 8/5/1863; the Winder building, on 10th between Broad and Capitol streets, is nearly completed; declares it better than the stables that formerly occupied the site
Richmond Sentinel 8/14/1863; advocates a fence be built around the canal basin - notes that several people drowned there in the past year after stumbling into the basin
Richmond Sentinel 8/15/1863; man dies suddenly at the Libby Prison hospital and interred in Oakwood Cemetery
Richmond Sentinel 8/19/1863; officer at Drewry's Bluff is court-martialled for being AWOL, and confined to camp
Richmond Sentinel 8/27/1863; Gen. R. E. Lee is in town for a short visit
Richmond Sentinel 9/16/1863; patient at Howard's Grove Hospital arrested for being "drunk and disorderly in the street"
Richmond Sentinel 9/17/1863; 50 soldiers wounded at Brandy Station arrive at Seabrook's Hospital
Richmond Sentinel 9/19/1863; Mary C. Van Lew (related to E. L. Van Lew?) arrested and fined for letting her slave go at large
Richmond Sentinel 9/21/1863; Seabrook's Hospital (GH#9) admission procedure and general description
Richmond Sentinel 10/1/1863; inmates are attempting to tunnel out of Castle Thunder
Richmond Sentinel 10/1/1863; Gen. Winder attempts to impress the tobacco factory of Jas. H. Grant at Franklin and 19th for a slave hospital, but Grant gets an injunction to keep his property and succeeds in blocking Winder's attempt
Richmond Sentinel 10/5/1863; guard at Castle Thunder shoots three other members of the City Battalion in a fight. Mentions a parade ground near Libby Prison
Richmond Sentinel 10/6/1863; two slaves whipped for stealing things at General Hospital No. 4
Richmond Sentinel 10/6/1863; 850 Belle Isle prisoners to be sent off today
Richmond Sentinel 10/17/1863; Seabrook's warehouse to be used for a wayside hospital for soldiers on furlough
Richmond Sentinel 10/28/1863; a Confederate deserter tries to escape from General Hospital #13 by means of climbing down a bed sheet rope out the window - falls and receives a concussion, and returned to confinement

Added January 12, 2003

Richmond Sentinel 5/1/1863; St. Charles Hotel has been taken by the Georgia Hospital and Relief Association
Richmond Sentinel 5/6/1863; prisoners arrive at Castle Thunder and Libby Prison; 554 prisoner sent by flag of truce to City Point; Libby now has very few inmates "except political prisoners"
Richmond Sentinel 5/6/1863; more riot cases, including Dr. Thos. Palmer
Richmond Sentinel 5/9/1863; Gen. Hays and others arrive at Libby prison, which has been white-washed and cleaned to accommodate them
Richmond Sentinel 5/9/1863; more riot cases - Thomas Palmer discharged
Richmond Sentinel 5/11/1863; huge arrival of Yankee prisoners at Libby - line stretches through the city
Richmond Sentinel 5/13/1863; brief description of Belle Isle, which has the appearance of being "a military camp" with a large number of prisoners now confined there
Richmond Sentinel 5/14/1863; Public guard escorts the remains of General Jackson to the Central Depot for transportation to Lexington
Richmond Sentinel 5/25/1863; Lieut. La Touche escorts 650 prisoners from Libby by flag of truce to City Point. Canadian Castle Thunder prisoner goes with them
Richmond Sentinel 5/30/1863; wounded soldier at the Globe Hospital searches for his brothers
Richmond Sentinel 6/4/1863; people are stealing flowers from Hollywood and Shockoe cemeteries
Richmond Sentinel 6/27/1863; cap and gloves that Stonewall Jackson was wearing when he was wounded are in the possession of a patient at Chimborazo
Richmond Sentinel 6/27/1863; Castle Thunder escapee has been recaptured
Richmond Sentinel 6/30/1863; the ironclad Virginia II was launched from the Rocketts shipyard yesterday
Richmond Sentinel 7/16/1863; Lieut. Bufurd, aka Alice Williams, has been released from Castle Thunder
Richmond Sentinel 7/17/1863; Mary Jackson, ringleader of the Bread Riot, is to be tried with misdemeanor
Richmond Sentinel 7/20/1863; details on the identification of the mustering officer at Camp Lee
Richmond Sentinel 7/20/1863; a female spy is confined at St. Francis de Sales Hospital
Richmond Sentinel 7/22/1863; an enormous bird is brought to Castle Thunder - wing amputated, still manages to gouge out the eyeballs of one of the Castle Thunder dogs
Richmond Sentinel 7/22/1863; Yankee prisoner in the building opposite Castle Thunder is shot by a sentinel
Richmond Sentinel 7/23/1863; body of Gen. Pettigrew arrives by the RF&P RR and lies in state in the Capitol
Richmond Sentinel 7/28/1863; post office has been removed from the Custom House to the basement of the Spotswood Hotel
Richmond Sentinel 7/29/1863; great physical description of Drewry's Bluff
Richmond Sentinel 7/29/1863; Yankee General Neal Dow is to be sent south
Richmond Sentinel 7/30/1863; more Union officers arrive - 512 POW officers are now in Richmond

Added January 11, 2003

Richmond Dispatch 8/1/1861; reflection on the religious nature of the Civil War - declares that the war is a religious war
Richmond Sentinel 3/17/1863; committee appointed to disburse contributions to victims of the Laboratory explosions
Richmond Sentinel 3/21/1863; description of the body of Maj. John Pelham lying in state at the State Capitol - includes letter from J. E. B. Stuart
Richmond Sentinel 3/21/1863; 14-year old girl dies of her wounds from the Laboratory explosion
Richmond Sentinel 3/23/1863; Danville RR cars bring in over 1000 prisoners, some officers named. At present, there are 180 officers in Libby Prison
Richmond Sentinel 3/23/1863; J. E. B. Stuart has been in town; Col. Rosser is recuperating in Richmond, and N. G. Evans is here also.
Richmond Sentinel 3/25/1863; two soldiers, charged with shooting two men, have been sent to Castle Thunder to await Court-Martial
Richmond Sentinel 3/26/1863; benefit to be held tonight at the Market Hall for the victims of the Laboratory explosion
Richmond Sentinel 3/30/1863; Capt. Webster, under sentence of death, attempts to escape from Castle Thunder, but sprains his ankle in the jump, and doesn't get far before being recaptured
Richmond Sentinel 4/1/1863; dress parades of the City Battalion and Smith's Armory Band are attracting ladies to Capitol Square every night
Richmond Sentinel 4/7/1863; deserter from the 54VA shot and killed while trying to escape from Castle Thunder
Richmond Sentinel 4/7/1863; details on the case of Dr. Palmer, arrested for defying the Governor and the Mayor, during the Bread Riot.
Richmond Sentinel 4/9/1863; City Battalion is to be increased in size, and parades nightly on Capitol Square, to the delight of the ladies
Richmond Sentinel 4/9/1863; General Elzey holds a review of troops in Richmond in "Rocketts old field"
Richmond Sentinel 4/10/1863; St. Charles Hotel sold for $79,600 - still being used as a hospital (GH#8)
Richmond Sentinel 4/11/1863; details of the execution of Captain Webster, a Castle Thunder prisoner, at Camp Lee
Richmond Sentinel 4/13/1863; body of a Laboratory explosion victim found in the "race leading to Haxall’s mills." Notes that 50 deaths have thus far resulted from the explosion
Richmond Sentinel 4/14/1863; two men arrested during the Bread Riot are charged with felonies - speculation over whether City is liable for damage done during the riot
Richmond Sentinel 4/15/1863; two prisoners escaped from the City Jail; five men escaped from Castle Thunder
Richmond Sentinel 4/15/1863; another female rioter sent on, charged with a felony
Richmond Sentinel 4/16/1863; 3 people (including Mary Jackson) remanded to be tried for felonies for their roles in the Bread Riot - 1 man acquitted of the same
Richmond Sentinel 4/18/1863; the Washington Statue in Capitol Square has been adopted as the official seal of the Confederacy
Richmond Sentinel 4/18/1863; another Bread Rioter sent on for felony
Richmond Sentinel 4/20/1863; workman at the Confederate Arsenal severely injured by getting caught in a turning lathe
Richmond Sentinel 4/22/1863; the Clay statue in Capitol Square has been mutilated by young boys - two fingers missing
Richmond Sentinel 4/24/1863; Mary Jackson and Mary Johnson, Bread Rioters, seek bail
Richmond Sentinel 4/29/1863; two men of the City Battalion have their heads shaved and drummed out of camp for accepting a bribe from a prisoner which allowed him to escape - sent to Camp Lee as conscripts
Richmond Sentinel 4/29/1863; Eighth Street bridge over the canal has been rebuilt after its collapse during transfer of prisoners
Richmond Sentinel 4/29/1863; two more rioters charged with felonies

Added January 10, 2003

Richmond Sentinel 3/11/1863; "Richmond will be thus well prepared with means to prevent destructive conflagrations" with the new fire engine donated to the city by various insurance companies
Richmond Sentinel 3/14/1863; Colonel Quantrell is in Richmond, and staying at the Spotswood Hotel
Richmond Sentinel 3/16/1863; description and details of the Brown's Island Confederate Laboratory explosion
Richmond Sentinel 3/17/1863; no more deaths from the laboratory explosion - donations for their relief have been pouring in
Richmond Sentinel 3/18/1863; Mary Ryan, who caused the explosion at the Confederate Laboratory, has died of her wounds
Richmond Sentinel 3/16/1863; description and details of the Brown's Island Confederate Laboratory explosion
Richmond Sentinel 3/17/1863; no more deaths from the laboratory explosion - donations for their relief have been pouring in
Richmond Sentinel 3/18/1863; Mary Ryan, who caused the explosion at the Confederate Laboratory, has died of her wounds
Richmond Sentinel 3/20/1863; another man dies of his wounds after the Confederate Laboratory disaster
Richmond Sentinel 3/20/1863; body of John Pelham has been brought to the Capitol to lie in state - the body of Major Puller (ancestor to the famous USMC General "Chesty" Puller) has passed through Richmond on the York River Railroad
Richmond Sentinel 3/20/1863; another man dies of his wounds after the Confederate Laboratory disaster

Added January 9, 2003

Richmond Dispatch 11/7/1861; CS Armory very active now
Richmond Dispatch 11/8/1861; 2 guards (civilians) at Louisiana Hospital fight - one kills the other
Richmond Dispatch 11/8/1861; card noting that Wm. A. Carrington has his (private) office on Main street
Richmond Dispatch 11/8/1861; description of the improvements made to the Senate chamber preparatory to the arrival of the Confederate Senate - VA State Senate are relocated upstairs
Richmond Dispatch 11/8/1861; Georgia Hospital, 21st street, advertises for servants
Richmond Dispatch 11/9/1861; More on Louisiana Hospital shooting - an accident, they decide
Richmond Dispatch 11/11/1861; excellent description of "the city of Chimborazo" - describes the buildings as winter quarters, not a hospital
Richmond Dispatch 11/11/1861; Update on Louisiana Hosp. shooting case
Richmond Dispatch 11/11/1861; 18GA & 3GA Bn returned to Rd on Nov. 8 - Bethel Regt. "now occupies quarters on Hospital Hill"
Richmond Dispatch 11/11/1861; slave of James Royster whipped for stealing coffee from Ga. Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 11/12/1861; statistics of burials in Shockoe cemetery during the last quarter, including 97 Union POWs
Richmond Dispatch 11/12/1861; Adv. from Libby & Son for new sales items - tar, turpentine, etc
Richmond Dispatch 11/13/1861; rent notice by Geo. S. Palmer, for 2 warehouses fronting on Cary & Dock Sts
Richmond Dispatch 11/14/1861; rent notice for Libby & Son's warehouse
Richmond Dispatch 11/15/1861; colored female nurse needed at the 2nd Alabama Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 11/18/1861; Camp Dimmock is “beyond the reservoir”
Richmond Dispatch 11/19/1861; 18GA left the city today
Richmond Dispatch 11/21/1861; 2 CS soldier guards in trouble for shooting at POWs – one fatality, the other a miss. Names given, prison not ID'ed
Richmond Dispatch 11/22/1861; G. L. Gates, steward at Chimborazo #2, adv. for one male cook
Richmond Dispatch 11/22/1861; Camp Dimmock beyond Old Fair Grounds, near trotting track
Richmond Dispatch 11/22/1861; Dr. McCabe, post Chaplain, overwhelmed with work
Richmond Dispatch 11/23/1861; Summary of artillery review at Camp Dimmock
Richmond Dispatch 11/26/1861; Short note to 4 little girls from G. Washington Alexander, thanking them on behalf of Zarvona Zouaves
Richmond Dispatch 11/26/1861; death notice for Lt. A. B. Bird, H5TX, died Robertson Hosp – funeral from St. Paul’s Chapel, 5th St. near Armory
Richmond Dispatch 11/26/1861; Adv. for nurses at Byrd Island Hosp. – one white male & 3 or 4 servants
Richmond Dispatch 11/29/1861; C. B. Gibson at G. H. #1 wants to hire 9 male nurses
Richmond Dispatch 11/30/1861; Fire at shed behind Dibrell’s Warehouse, Cary St. below 21st. Yankee POWs in adjacent county jail maybe started it
Richmond Dispatch 11/30/1861; 31 POWs arrive – now a total of 1483 in town – names 4 POWs who died 11/29
Richmond Dispatch 12/3/1861; Slave of Pleasant’s & Frayser whipped for stealing bed from 2nd Georgia Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 12/4/1861; more details on the new Senate chamber for the State Senate
Richmond Dispatch 12/4/1861; Adv. for employees at Byrd Island Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 12/5/1861; Dr. Higginbotham given a hand-made pipe by a grateful POW patient
Richmond Dispatch 12/6/1861; G. S. McNeal, Steward 2nd Alabama Hospital adv. for lost overcoat
Richmond Dispatch 12/7/1861; excellent directory of churches in Richmond, pastors, and times of worship
Richmond Dispatch 12/7/1861; death notice for 13 month old son of Charles H. Winston
Richmond Dispatch 12/7/1861; 2 negro washerwomen needed at 2nd Ala Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 12/11/1861; Adv from Libby & Son for recently received goods – selling tar, turpentine, etc.
Richmond Dispatch 12/12/1861; duel takes place at the Broad Rock Race Course
Richmond Dispatch 12/13/1861; Capt. B. G. Baldwin commanding Richmond Arsenal is selling a horse
Richmond Dispatch 12/14/1861; Public Guard displaced from State Armory
Richmond Dispatch 12/17/1861; Marylanders looking to rent building for hospital use
Richmond Dispatch 12/18/1861; Notes on prisoners of war - notes that Capt. Ricketts and his wife will be released today
Richmond Dispatch 12/19/1861; Residents of Union & Church Hills to meet at Co. G armory for local defense
Richmond Dispatch 12/19/1861; Nice sales notice for Atkinson’s Factory, north side of Main betw. 26 & 27
Richmond Dispatch 12/21/1861; 12lb Howitzer just cast at Tredegar sent to Turner Ashby
Richmond Dispatch 12/24/1861; Dr. Dandridge, at the Byrd Island Hospital, is looking for two substitutes
Richmond Dispatch 12/25/1861; Kent, Paine & Co. warehouse for rent
Richmond Dispatch 12/27/1861; Attempt to escape from City Jail foiled
Richmond Dispatch 12/27/1861; Tredegar Battalion to have full dress uniform drill
Richmond Dispatch 12/27/1861; Slave of T. & S. Hardgrove punished for providing whiskey to POWs
Richmond Dispatch 12/28/1861; Tredegar Battalion looked good on parade
Richmond Dispatch 12/30/1861; update on Yankee POWs - much cheerfulness among the prisoners
Richmond Dispatch 12/31/1861; Thos. B. Rees, Main between 9 & 10 wants to hire cook for small family

Added January 7, 2003

Richmond Dispatch 10/25/1861; Enormous description of arrival of POWs at VA Central depot. Sent to Mayo's Factory, corner 25th and Cary. Much on 18th & 19th GA as guards. Wm. Harris, future author, is among the prisoners
Richmond Dispatch 10/25/1861; Good paragraph on 18th GA, camped at Bloody Run, Guarding POWs
Richmond Dispatch 10/25/1861; fire brigade parades and tests their new engine on the south side of the canal basin
Richmond Dispatch 10/25/1861; slaves of John Greanor and John Minor Botts are acquitted of stealing from a sick soldier
Richmond Dispatch 10/25/1861; "Extraordinary Freak" - man in drag appears on Main street
Richmond Dispatch 10/25/1861; 1NC Cavalry parades through Capitol Square
Richmond Dispatch 10/28/1861; 18GA & 3GA Bn left 10/25 for N.C.
Richmond Dispatch 10/28/1861; New hospital is established on Clay street, between Fifth and Sixth under Mrs. Phillip Mayo
Richmond Dispatch 10/28/1861; Taylor's factory near corner of 25th & Cary, taken by the Government for a prison
Richmond Dispatch 10/30/1861; Adv. for nurses needed at Warwick Hosp., south side of Broad betw. 23rd & 24th Sts.
Richmond Dispatch 10/30/1861; runaway slave ad., Bellevue Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 11/1/1861; Entrenchers near Blakey's Pond find buried cannon & shells
Richmond Dispatch 11/1/1861; Rev. John C. McCabe appointed chaplain of area military posts
Richmond Dispatch 11/1/1861; Gen. Robert E. Lee has returned to the city from western Virginia
Richmond Dispatch 11/2/1861; more details on Rev. Dr. McCabe - came from the 32VA
Richmond Dispatch 11/2/1861; Adv. for cooks to operate Spotswood Hotel kitchen
Richmond Dispatch 11/4/1861; Soldiers guarding prisons are building fires in streets to keep warm
Richmond Dispatch 11/6/1861; Capt. Gibbs in command of the military prisons in Richmond
Richmond Dispatch 11/6/1861; active lumber yard at corner 21st & Dock
Richmond Dispatch 11/6/1861; E. H. Poindexter adv. for runaway slave Riley, "from my plantation, in the lower end of Henrico County." (Malvern Hill)
Richmond Dispatch 5/14/1863; Capt. Jos. Griswold, Provost Marshal of Richmond resigns, and is replaced by Capt. James Brown
Richmond Dispatch 5/14/1863; new Confederate flag will be displayed on the Capitol today

Added January 6, 2003

Richmond Dispatch 10/5/1861; Report of G. W. Alexander's MD meeting, Convened at Adam's Bldg, 10th St. betw. Main & Cary. Meeting brought to order by "Capt. Dugan, a fine specimen of a Marylander." Details on GWA
Richmond Dispatch 10/7/1861; flag of truce boat carries away 57 POWs - Charles Bell Gibson and St. George Peachy accompany the departing prisoners
Richmond Dispatch 10/7/1861; details on the times of departure at the Petersburg Railroad
Richmond Dispatch 10/7/1861; Congressman Ely presented with a wooden sword in prison
Richmond Dispatch 10/7/1861; flood ruins wharf at Rocketts
Richmond Dispatch 10/7/1861; More than 100 sick arrive for hospitals via the Central railroad
Richmond Dispatch 10/7/1861; Geo. S. Palmer renting out "two large warehouses fronting on Water and Cary streets, between 20th and 21st streets." (later Libby Prison)
Richmond Dispatch 10/8/1861; Geo. Sheridan, Ala. soldier, goes crazy, runs through streets in underwear, leaps to death in canal at "Armory Bridge"
Richmond Dispatch 10/8/1861; Now two Georgia Hospitals in operation, a third in preparation
Richmond Dispatch 10/8/1861; correction of times of departure on the Petersburg Railroad
Richmond Dispatch 10/8/1861; death notice of Mary E. McCaw, daughter of Dr. Wm. R. McCaw (sister to J. B. McCaw?)
Richmond Dispatch 10/8/1861; Tredegar adv. for 4 good mules
Richmond Dispatch 10/9/1861; new Ga. hosp. at Taylor's Factory, 24th & Franklin - not ready but patients arrive anyway, unexpectedly
Richmond Dispatch 10/9/1861; Ad for G. W. Alexander's Zarvona Zouave guerilla
Richmond Dispatch 10/11/1861; Aleck, slave of Dr. Wellford, is nurse at St. Charles Hotel. Arrested for theft.
Richmond Dispatch 10/11/1861; Vice President Alexander Stephens visits Georgia Hospitals daily
Richmond Dispatch 10/12/1861; 18 Ga. Hospital located "near Bloody Run" (Chimborazo)
Richmond Dispatch 10/12/1861; New foundation for Haxall Crenshaw Mill is complete
Richmond Dispatch 10/12/1861; Springfield Hosp. thanks local ladies for delicacies
Richmond Dispatch 10/12/1861; CS Armory seeks pattern makers & smiths
Richmond Dispatch 10/15/1861; J. M. Selkirk at Smith's Factory, 21st St., applies for washerwomen for the Ga. Hospitals
Richmond Dispatch 10/16/1861; 36 WIA prisoners transferred from Alms House to prison. Authorities hope to use Alms House for CSA only
Richmond Dispatch 10/16/1861; Louisiana Hospital needs three good washerwomen
Richmond Dispatch 10/16/1861; N. G. Tumley, Hosp. Steward, adv. for 2 good negro male cooks for Chimborazo.
Richmond Dispatch 10/17/1861; J. H. Greanor's slave George attacks Dr. Wellford's slave Phebe with an axe, in the bottom near the Central depot
Richmond Dispatch 10/18/1861; marriage notice - Mr. Thos. P. Turner marries India N. Wilson, 10/15/61 at Branch's Baptist Church,  Chestfld Co.
Richmond Dispatch 10/18/1861; details on case of axe-wielding slave of Capt. John H. Greanor
Richmond Dispatch 10/18/1861; list of public schools & expenses. Includes Lancastrian School ($600) & Tredegar Free School ($250)
Richmond Dispatch 10/21/1861; description of the celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown - Armory Band and Public guard put on festivities in Capitol Square
Richmond Dispatch 10/21/1861; update on recruiting for Zarvona Zouaves. G. W. Alexander back in town.
Richmond Dispatch 10/22/1861; Tredegar adv. for certain skilled laborers
Richmond Dispatch 10/23/1861; List of contributors to St. Charles Hosp. including $395 from J. R. Anderson & Tredegar Employees
Richmond Dispatch 10/23/1861; short letter of thanks to donors from G. W. Alexander
Richmond Dispatch 10/24/1861; details on the anxiety at the Central depot over the non-arrival of prisoners; too many prisoners in town; Plans afoot to convert a tobacco factory on 25th into a prison
Richmond Dispatch 10/24/1861; Four POWs (named) died 10/23 at Prison hospital
Richmond Dispatch 10/24/1861; Nurse needed at factory, corner 25th and Cary

Added January 5, 2003

Richmond Dispatch 8/24/1861; directors of the Richmond College give the college to Louisiana soldiers for use as a hospital
Richmond Dispatch 9/11/1861; ladies of the First Baptist Church have procured a house on Fourth street beyond Leigh to use as a hospital
Richmond Dispatch 9/26/1861; The State Armory is now at the corner of 7th and Cary streets
Richmond Dispatch 10/1/1861; Officer Winches has been engaged in cleaning up the General Hospital and adding to the comfort of the inmates
Richmond Dispatch 10/1/1861; Junius Archer, proprietor of Bellona Arsenal turns over $568 to St. Charles Hosp. - his proceeds from sale of Columbiad to Govt.
Richmond Dispatch 10/1/1861; Adv. from Libby & Son - warehouse can store 20,000 bushels of wheat or 550 hhd tobacco
Richmond Dispatch 10/2/1861; description of the armament shops on 7th streets
Richmond Dispatch 10/3/1861; Crew & Pemberton advertises their tobacco
Richmond Dispatch 10/3/1861; 230 sick soldiers arrive from Manassas
Richmond Dispatch 10/3/1861; Ad to Marylanders from Adjt. G. W. Alexander, proposing to form the Zarvona Zouaves
Richmond Dispatch 10/4/1861; Mrs. J. Davis & Mrs. Gen. Johnston injured in carriage wreck near Dill's farm. Arm of latter broken
Richmond Dispatch 10/4/1861; 4th Main soldier escaped from Ross' Factory. Captured at Tunstall's Station by Dr. Tazewell Tyler, Mr. Apperson & Wm. W. New
Richmond Dispatch 10/4/1861; Gen. Winder is recruiting a company of exempts for city duty
Richmond Dispatch 10/4/1861; J. W. Pegram adv. for lost horse, Camp Belcher near Fairfield Race Course
Richmond Dispatch 10/5/1861; excellent description of the fitting up of the Capitol building for use by the Confederate Congress
Richmond Dispatch 10/5/1861; details on four Yankee prisoners brought to the city
Richmond Dispatch 10/5/1861; 100 sick soldiers arrive in the city and conveyed to the hospitals
Richmond Dispatch 10/5/1861; 100 women wanted to work at the C. S. Laboratory at 7th and Arch streets
Richmond Dispatch 10/5/1861; Pleasants & Frayser adv. for 4 Washerwomen and Men Servants
RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 199.5, p. 15 8/28/1862; Wirz notes on the sparse armament for the guard at Libby Prison
RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 199.5, p. 15 8/29/1862; Wirz calls for 7 extra guards at Belle Isle
RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 199.5, p. 19 9/6/1862; Wirz orders Capt. Montgomery to send in the names of prisoners who die at Belle Isle each morning
RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 199.5, p. 19 9/7/1862; Wirz orders Capt. Elliot, of the City Battalion, to send 20 guards to Libby Prison, in order to conduct prisoners to Belle Isle
M437, Reel 87 3/26/1863; letter from Surgeon General Moore arguing against Wm. A. Carrington's assignment as Medical Director
RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 7, no page 9/28/1863; Medical Director's Office has been moved to "new government building" at 10th and Broad; wayside hospital has been transferred to the Engineer bureau - henceforth General Hospital #9 will be known as the Receiving and Way Hospital
RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 199.5, p. 111 10/15/1863; Jno. McCabe is appointed Chaplain at Libby Prison, in addition to his duties at Hollywood cemetery
RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 7, no page 12/4/1863; "Hospitals for prisoners of war are placed on the same footing as other C. S. hospitals in all respects, and will be managed accordingly"

Added January 4, 2003

Richmond Dispatch 8/16/1861; list of donations to the St. Charles Hospital - includes donations from the children at the Lancastrian school, as well as the workers of the C. S. Laboratory
Richmond Dispatch 8/28/1861; inquest on a very tattooed man who died near Seabrook's warehouse
Richmond Dispatch 9/27/1861; catalog for the Richmond Female Institute's next session
Richmond Dispatch 9/27/1861; Roger Martin's school will re-open, after its use as a hospital
Richmond Enquirer 9/2/1862; Miss Clopton's school will re-open on the 1st of October
Richmond Enquirer 10/2/1862; catalog for the Richmond Female Institute - will resume operations after "the temporary occupation of the institute building by the Government"
Richmond Enquirer 10/2/1862; one deserter, confined at Castle Thunder, pardoned from death sentence. His two rap buddies will be hung soon at Camp Lee
Richmond Enquirer 10/11/1862; Kent & Paine Co. will resume operations in its warehouse, which the government has given up as a hospital. It will be thoroughly cleaned before business resumes
Richmond Enquirer 10/16/1862; rosy and verbose description of a visit to the soldier's section of Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond Enquirer 10/16/1862; Mrs. A. F. Hopkins acknowledges contributions to Alabama soldiers
Richmond Enquirer 10/17/1862; sunset from Church Hill rivals those in other parts of the world
Richmond Enquirer 10/20/1862; soldier dies after a fall off the porch of the Franklin street guard house
Richmond Enquirer 10/21/1862; man garroted near the Central depot and robbed of his possessions - mention steps leading down into the valley from Broad street
Richmond Enquirer 10/22/1862; information wanted on a Phillips' Legion soldier who left General Hospital #18
Richmond Enquirer 10/23/1862; slave ordered whipped for stealing a bag of flour from Winder Hospital
Richmond Enquirer 10/23/1862; Capt. G. W. Alexander has been ordered to take charge of the Yankee prisoners in the city
Richmond Enquirer 10/23/1862; 64 deserters arrived at Castle Thunder yesterday
Richmond Enquirer 10/25/1862; accident at the Armory - man working on a loaded musket accidentally discharges it and wounds the man next to him
Richmond Enquirer 10/27/1862; description of a "novel" surgical operation at the 3rd Alabama Hospital
Richmond Enquirer 10/28/1862; Mayor refuses to rule on a thief from Castle Thunder
Richmond Enquirer 10/28/1862; notes that the neighborhood of Castle Thunder is a very rowdy one, and that the vagabonds in Richmond could make  a "good-sized regiment"
Richmond Enquirer 10/28/1862; obituary notice for Anne Carter Lee, R. E. Lee's daughter
Richmond Enquirer 10/29/1862; slave ordered twenty-five lashes for stealing beef from Grant Hospital
Richmond Enquirer 10/30/1862; City Battalion and Armory Band parade -discipline of the City Battalion praised
Richmond Enquirer 11/5/1862; soldier tries to escape from Castle Lightning, and seriously injures himself in the process
Richmond Enquirer 11/7/1862; two federal deserters and one prisoner lodged in Libby Prison
Richmond Enquirer 11/8/1862; slave of J. R. Anderson convicted for stealing lumber from the Basin bank - gets fifteen lashes
Richmond Enquirer 11/19/1862; detailed account of bribery and attempted escape at Castle Thunder
Richmond Enquirer 11/26/1862; excellent description of the Confederate stables, located on Capitol and 10th streets
Richmond Enquirer 11/27/1862; description of the punishment of "bucking" at Castle Thunder
Richmond Enquirer 12/2/1862; Col. Gilham has produced a new ink, which is sold by West & Johnson's
Richmond Enquirer 12/10/1862; Castle Thunder will be a general depot for all deserters and State prisoners in the Confederacy
Richmond Enquirer 12/11/1862; slave employed at Chimborazo, found drunk in the city, runs from the police, and ordered 25 lashes
Richmond Enquirer 12/11/1862; Scully and Lewis, confined at Castle Thunder as spies, are to be released and sent North
Richmond Enquirer 12/13/1862; sentinel at Camp Lee freezes to death; chaplain seeks blankets for the men
Richmond Enquirer 12/13/1862; escape attempt from Castle Thunder - perpetrators were in "Cell No. 1, first floor, north side."
Richmond Enquirer 12/13/1862; Joseph R. Anderson buys a farm in Goochland County for $112,000
Richmond Enquirer 12/15/1862; Surgeon Coffin, at the Receiving Hospital, advertises to find the name of a man who arrived at the hospital deceased
Richmond Enquirer 12/16/1862; Col. Norris Montgomery has resigned his commission in the Deas Artillery
Richmond Enquirer 12/18/1862; details on four new arrivals at Castle Thunder
Richmond Enquirer 12/18/1862; man who had escaped from Castle Thunder twice before is recaptured in Rocketts
Richmond Enquirer 12/18/1862; George W. Hitchcock, Assistant quartermaster at "Libby and other prisons" dies of small pox at Howard's Grove. A North Carolinian also died at Castle Thunder of pneumonia
Richmond Enquirer 12/18/1862; up to yesterday, 299 prisoners had arrived from the Rappahannock. Yesterday, 460 more arrive
Richmond Enquirer 12/20/1862; man dies in Castle Thunder of "camp disease"
Richmond Enquirer 12/24/1862; G. W. Alexander returns to his post at Castle Thunder after some time at Fredericksburg with the Letcher Artillery
Richmond Enquirer 12/24/1862; 180 prisoners brought to Libby - they were the guard of a wagon train captured by Hampton near Dumfries