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

Written Accounts

1866-01-11, Richmond Examiner; two U. S. soldiers escape from Castle Thunder by walking out the door
1866-01-16, Richmond Examiner; negroes attacked by soldiers at 7th and Main
1866-02-01, Richmond Examiner; editorial column about the influx of vice in Richmond
1866-02-01, Richmond Examiner; Provost Court cases – two drunken soldiers, rock-throwing negro, and two other negro thieves sent to Libby Prison
1866-02-02, Richmond Examiner; body of 24th MA solider found in the river at the foot of 18th street. Body placed in the “dead room” at Libby Prison
1866-02-02, Richmond Examiner; trial of Maggie Mitchell, the accordion-playing, officer-threatening, gun-brandishing “bad character” from Camp Lee. She found “very guilty, but on account of having no place wherein to confine white women, she was released…
1866-02-05, Richmond Examiner; attempted shooting at the Spotswood Hotel bar
1866-02-22, Richmond Examiner; provost court items – offenders sent to Castle Thunder and Libby. Includes a soldier from the 11th US who deserted his post at Libby, now confined there
1866-02-23, Richmond Examiner; “a number of negro boys” attacked with stones by white youths on Capitol Square. Freedmen’s Bureaus stops it and arrests culprits
1866-02-28, Richmond Examiner; “Joseph Harris, negro,” Libby Prison escapee, shot at and recaptured

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