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

Written Accounts

1864-08-05, Richmond Sentinel; items from the Mayor's docket: two negro girls are thrashed for calling a white man "poor white trash;" a boy escapee from the Alms House is sent back there after stoning a man at the Petersburg depot
1864-08-10, Richmond Dispatch; Hustings Court of Magistrates cases reported on August 10, 1864
1864-08-10, Richmond Dispatch; The grand jury of the Hustings Court renders several true bills of indictment
1864-08-12, Richmond Whig; member of the Crenshaw battery committed to Castle Thunder for "desertion, robbery and attempting to shoot some one"
1864-08-17, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 17, 1864
1864-08-17, Richmond Sentinel; a duel was fought yesterday between John M. Daniel of the Richmond Examiner, and R. C. Elmore, of the Treasury department. Daniel was wounded in the right leg
1864-08-17, Richmond Whig; description of the duel between J. M. Daniel and E. C. Elmore
1864-08-18, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 18, 1864
1864-08-18, Richmond Sentinel; details of the trail of R. C. Elmore, for duelling with J. M. Daniel. Dr. Peticolas, the physician at the duel, refuses to testify on the grounds that he might incriminate himself.
1864-08-18, Richmond Whig; description of the duel examination before the Mayor - mentions Dr. Peticolas' protest

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