Alcohol
Information about alcohol, drinking and temperance in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1862-03-21, Richmond Dispatch; nice details on G. W. Alexander raid, 17th & Cary. Lts. Turner, Emack & Semple assisted. Arrested every male on the block – 89 in all.
1862-03-26, Richmond Dispatch; paragraph lauding energy & judgment of G. W. Alexander
1862-03-28, Richmond Dispatch; local barman leaps from 3rd floor of Libby – broken skull & compound fractures of all four limbs!
1862-04-03, Richmond Dispatch; long list of everyone committed to Castle Godwin – date and charge
1862-04-08, Richmond Dispatch; T. P. Turner and G. W. Alexander make dawn raid on bars, Cary between 17th and 18th.
1862-04-14, Richmond Dispatch; 2 men to Castle Godwin for selling liquor
1862-04-22, Richmond Dispatch; continuation of Castle Godwin prisoner list – notes a “John Booth” imprisoned for having a “bogus pass” [JWB?]
1862-05-01, Richmond Dispatch; Miss Minerva Meredith (future bread rioter) has endured a combined verbal assault – her character is attested to by local police; Mayor Mayo referred to as “his royal rotundity”
1862-05-27, Richmond Enquirer; Provost Marshal raids a "rum shop" and hauls off the offender to the civilian prison
1862-05-28, Richmond Dispatch; U. S. Hotel apparently vacant. Man mugged inside & illegal bar found on 3rd floor. Muggers taken to Castle Godwin.

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