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

Written Accounts

1863-03-16, Richmond Dispatch; death notice for Mary Roland, age 14, Brown’s Island victim
1863-03-16, Richmond Dispatch; death notice for Virginia Adeleine Meyer, Brown’s Island
1863-03-16, Richmond Dispatch; large update on Brown’s Island explosion. List of killed and wounded – 64 or 65 total. Funeral at Trinity Church on Broad for Rev. Woodcock, supervisor
1863-03-17, Richmond Dispatch; death notice for Mary Ryan – Brown’s Island victim/culprit, died 3/16
1863-03-20, Richmond Dispatch; funeral notice for Robt. S. Chappell, Brown’s Island victim, “great agony”
1863-03-20, Richmond Dispatch; Pelham in state at Capitol, Wednesday night, and apparently Thursday. Now on train for Alabama
1863-03-20, Richmond Sentinel; body of John Pelham has been brought to the Capitol to lie in state - the body of Major Puller (ancestor to the famous USMC General "Chesty" Puller) has passed through Richmond on the York River Railroad
1863-03-21, Richmond Sentinel; description of the body of Maj. John Pelham lying in state at the State Capitol - includes letter from J. E. B. Stuart
1863-05-09, Richmond Dispatch; Paxton’s funeral. Hollywood cemetery, escorted by Public Guard & full band. Body arrived evening May 7th
1863-05-11, Richmond Dispatch; Col. T. S. Garnett lay in state at Capitol, 5/9, bur. 5/10 at Hollywood, to be buried postwar in Westmoreland Co. at own request.

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