Legal and Law
Information about legal issues and law in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1862-02-27, Richmond Whig; man threatens to kill the sergeant of the guard at Chimborazo Hospital
1862-03-03, Richmond Whig; Jefferson Davis' proclamation that Richmond is under martial law and forced prohibition; Gen. John H. Winder will enforce this proclamation
1862-03-03, Richmond Whig; John Minor Botts, Franklin Stearns and other Union men have been arrested and put in "a jail situated in Lumpkin’s Alley" [Castle Godwin]
1862-03-13, Richmond Dispatch; commissioners conducting vote on new Constitution include Luther Libby, R. R. Howison, G. A. Myers.
1862-03-20, Richmond Dispatch; lamentation about the large number of frivolous lawyers abounding in the city
1862-04-18, Richmond Enquirer; Court of Inquiry for Unionist John Minor Botts meets, and fails to release him from prison
1862-04-28, Richmond Dispatch; Timothy Webster, a Pinkerton agent, has been condemned to be hung as a spy
1862-04-29, Richmond Dispatch; hung jury in the case of a man who shot the “Sergeant of the Guard at the C. S. Military Prison” last summer
1862-05-19, Richmond Enquirer; servant of Dr. Higginbotham shot and killed by a sentinel at Libby Prison while sweeping out the hospital
1862-06-10, Richmond Whig; notice from Griswold that all detectives will carry certificates of identification

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