Diseases
Information about Diseases in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1854-07-25, Richmond Dispatch; breakdown of interments and those due to Cholera in Shockoe Cemetery
1854-09-12, Richmond Dispatch; report of interments at Shockoe Cemetery, with particular attention to those due to cholera
1861-07-11, Richmond Whig; soldiers have been buried in an open field near the Alms House - advocates using Oakwood Cemetery for soldier interments
1861-08-16, Richmond Enquirer; sick soldiers being brought to Gilliam's Factory (Gen. Hos. #3)
1861-09-10, Richmond Whig; 15 deaths in the 16th Georgia regiment at Camp Lee in one week
1861-09-26, Richmond Enquirer; Yankee soldier dies at Prison Hospital No. 1, under the care of Dr. Higginbotham
1861-10-05, Richmond Enquirer; statistics and praise of the “Confederate States Prison Hospital, at Rocketts.” Notes 41 deaths have occurred, and praises Dr. E. G. Higginbotham at length.
1861-10-30, Richmond Enquirer; 150 sick soldiers transferred from "the Confederate quarters, on Chimborazo Heights" to Petersburg
1861-11-04, Richmond Examiner; Two Yankee prisoners, permitted leave in the city, attempt to escape, but are re-captured
1861-12-05, National Archives; Surgeon General Moore directs that Chimborazo will provide provisions for 1000 convalescents, apparently sent from other Richmond hospitals - notes on scarcity of fuel

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