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

Written Accounts

1863-04, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. V, pp. 871-924; Evidence taken before the committee of the House of Representatives of the Confederate States appointed to inquire into the treatment of prisoners at Castle Thunder (large, pdf attached)
1863-05-02, Richmond Dispatch; group of black barbers robbed en masse at Blakey’s Millpond
1863-05-04, Richmond Dispatch; Frances Kelley in court as a Bread Rioter; Robert S. Forde sends his case to the Hustings Court
1863-05-07, Richmond Examiner; prisoner is shot and killed while trying to escape Castle Thunder
1863-05-11, Richmond Dispatch; slave of JRA ordered whipped for possession of stolen goods
1863-05-14, Richmond Dispatch; Murder case of Robert Forde will commence today in the Hustings Court
1863-05-15, Richmond Dispatch; Frances Kelley in court – bread rioter; Forde case continued; Elizabeth Ammons, rioter, has case at jury for verdict
1863-05-15, Richmond Dispatch; Hustings Court – many interesting items. Robert Forde’s trial is continued until the next day.
1863-05-15, Richmond Dispatch; James Gorman, Walker’s Bn. Accidentally shoots himself – camped on “eminence west of the Friend’s Meeting House.”
1863-05-15, Richmond Dispatch; Murder trial of Robert S. Forde is continued until the second Monday in June.

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