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

Written Accounts

1868-01-17, Richmond Dispatch; Sheriff’s sale of brewery equipment of F. Schroder on Chimborazo Hill will take place tomorrow
1868-04-21, Richmond Dispatch; Sheriff’s sale of brewery equipment of Frederick Schroder on Chimborazo Hill will take place tomorrow – no postponement
1868-06-27, Southern Opinion; excellent article describing the beer gardens in town, with lengthy description of the “Hermitage Trotting Park,” formerly Camp Lee. Describes the current conditions and compares them with the wartime usages.
1870-12-16, New York Times; very dramatic and detailed account of the Spotswood Hotel fire. Erasmus Ross, former clerk of Libby Prison, among the dead.
1874-09-25, Richmond Dispatch; list of equipment to be sold at the Chimborazo Hill Brewery
1880-04-12, Richmond Dispatch; Sale of “Wooden buildings, &c., formerly used as a brewery, dwelling, &c.” from Chimborazo Hill.
1883-04-01, Richmond Dispatch; incredibly detailed recollections of the evacuation of Richmond – gives reliable chronology of events of the fire and occupation
1885-08-14, Richmond Dispatch; details on the steamer Gem which makes daily excursions to Drewry’s Bluff.
1887-05-18, Philadelphia Weekly Times; very good description of the political circumstances surrounding prisoners of war during the war from one of the Libby tunnel escapees. Gives only a few snippets of Libby details
1888-01-19, Richmond Times; Franklin Stearns is “critically ill” at his residence in Henrico – Tree Hill?

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