Funerals
Information on funerals in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1862-01-24, Richmond Whig; Senate proposes a monument to John Tyler in Hollywood Cemetery. Governor states that the lot of ground near James Monroe was not large enough to accommodate Tyler's remains
1862-02-15, Richmond Whig; Capt. O. J. Wise's remains arrive via the Petersburg depot and taken to lie in state on the third floor of the Capitol in the room "recently fitted up for the occupancy of the Confederate Senate"
1862-02-17, Richmond Whig; description of the funeral of Capt. O. J. Wise at St. James' Church and Hollywood Cemetery. A large number of people came to see the body while it was lying in state
1862-06-28, Richmond Dispatch; 18 dead from 48 NC buried in Oakwood Cemetery. Chaplain McCabe presides.
1862-07-12, Richmond Dispatch; details on funeral of a man who accidentally drowned at Drewry’s Bluff - funeral at Trinity M. E. Church
1862-07-12, Richmond Dispatch; Hollywood Cemetery is expanding to accommodate the Confederate dead
1862-07-12, Richmond Dispatch; Many unburied dead are lying about in Oakwood Cemetery; appeal for workers
1862-08-18, Richmond Dispatch; obit. of General Winder. Body arrived 7/17. Funeral Capitol Square, burial Hollywood
1862-08-18, Richmond Whig; Gen. C. S. Winder’s body arrived and lay in state in the Capitol. He will be buried in Hollywood Cemetery.
1862-08-19, Richmond Dispatch; description of the burial of Gen. C. S. Winder in Hollywood Cemetery

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