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

Written Accounts

1866-02-10, Richmond Examiner; “Dick” Turner, former keeper of Libby Prison, has been transferred from the Penitentiary to Libby
1866-02-22, Richmond Examiner; provost court items – offenders sent to Castle Thunder and Libby. Includes a soldier from the 11th US who deserted his post at Libby, now confined there
1866-02-23, Richmond Examiner; “a number of negro boys” attacked with stones by white youths on Capitol Square. Freedmen’s Bureaus stops it and arrests culprits
1866-02-27, Richmond Examiner; proposal is before the legislature to extend Richmond’s city limits on the south side of the James, using the “breastworks” of the middle line of entrenchments as the boundary
1866-02-28, Richmond Examiner; new cells are being prepared at Libby for Richard “Dick” Turner and a soldier on trial for murder
1866-03-05, Richmond Dispatch; negroes sentenced by the provost court to sentences in Libby and Castle Thunder – drunk, obscene language, creating nuisances etc.
1866-03-05, Richmond Examiner; “riot among the negroes” at Chimborazo – running gunfight between soldiers and rioters. One man shot. Ten (named) arrested and placed in Libby Prison. Fears that further violence will occur there
1866-03-06, Richmond Dispatch; negroes arrested “in the disturbance at Chimborazo” last Friday to be tried today
1866-03-06, Richmond Whig; details of Chimborazo riot – large, “organized body of negroes” complete with sentinels and military order in shoot-out with police and soldiers. Many arrests
1866-03-07, Richmond Dispatch; soldier in the 11th US Infantry guilty of assault and battery – sent to Libby for 30 days

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