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Assaults and Shootings
Information about Assaults and Shootings in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

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1860-12-25, Richmond Dispatch; two men assault and beat a woman at the corner of 7th and Cary streets.
1861-07-26, Richmond Whig; soldier is attacked by another soldier and dies at the Alms House
1861-07-31, Richmond Examiner; account of a shooting incident at Harwood's prison (future GH#24)
1861-07-31, Richmond Whig; prisoner shot at for talking out the windows of his prison
1861-08-28, Richmond Enquirer; prisoner at Liggon's factory kills his guard and attempts to escape
1861-09-06, Richmond Enquirer; Yankees attempt to escape from prison, shot by sentries on Libby Hill.
1861-09-16, Richmond Whig; four Yankee prisoners escape from prison depot, two are shot and the others are recaptured
1861-09-16, Richmond Whig; Louisiana soldier, shot by a South Carolinian, dies in St. Charles Hospital
1861-09-23, Richmond Enquirer; Yankee prisoner in the "lower prison, near Rocketts" shot and killed for verbally abusing a sentinel. Sentinel praised for doing his duty. Prisoner buried at Shockoe Cemetery
1861-09-24, Richmond Enquirer; Yankee prisoner shot by a sentinel; buried at Shockoe

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