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

Written Accounts

1866-03-09, Richmond Examiner; James Ford, white youth, arrested for being part of “the Chimborazo Hill negro riots of Friday night last.” About a dozen others were also charged
1866-03-09, Richmond Examiner; very detailed account of the recent race riot at Chimborazo Hill
1866-03-09, Richmond Whig; lengthy description of particulars of the Chimborazo riot – 10 men arrested are discharged, except John Green, sent on for trial
1866-03-10, Richmond Dispatch; deserter from the US Army arrested in Shockoe Cemetery – taken to Camp Winder
1866-03-10, Richmond Dispatch; trial of two white men for causing the recent disturbance at Chimborazo – paper sides with the freedmen – “They have not sense enough to see that they are treating free negroes in a manner which would not have been permitted
1866-03-10, Richmond Examiner; details of the trial of the Chimborazo rioters – one man will stand trial before the Provost Judge, all others have been released
1866-03-12, Richmond Examiner; negro woman prisoner shot by guards at Libby Prison, probably mortally
1866-03-13, Richmond Examiner; case of John Green, charged as the “ring-leader of the Chimborazo Hill riot” continued, and he committed
1866-03-13, Richmond Examiner; negro woman shot by the guard at Libby Prison not as badly wounded as first reported. She at the “freedmen’s hospital.”
1866-03-13, Richmond Whig; trial of John Green, Chimborazo rioter

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