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Information about arsons in Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War

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1862-03-06, Richmond Enquirer; fire at Dr. Gibson's stables - ascribed to arson
1862-10-03, Richmond Dispatch; Dr. Wm. P. Rucker, at Castle Thunder with treason, murder, arson charges brought before Judge on habeas corpus
1862-10-04, Richmond Dispatch; more on Dr. Rucker’s case – back to Castle Thunder
1863-01-27, Richmond Dispatch; fire at Castle Thunder – clerk’s office set ablaze by “one of the miscreants confined in the Castle”
1863-03-06, Richmond Dispatch; new fire engine tested. Interesting details. To be permanently deployed on 10th street.
1863-04-11, Richmond Dispatch; details on A. C. Webster hanging at Camp Lee. Wrenn’s Henrico Dragoons escorted carriage from Castle Thunder to Camp Lee.
1863-05-08, Richmond Dispatch; description of the imprisonment (in Libby Prison) and diplomatic flap surrounding Baron Rudolph Wardener, an Austrian citizen
1863-05-21, Richmond Dispatch; long opinion printed, from city attorney, on liability from Bread Riot
1864-01-22, Richmond Sentinel; an attempt to burn down the White House of the Confederacy was foiled
1864-01-22, Richmond Whig; notes on the attempted arson at the President's house after the reception

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