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

Written Accounts

1866-11-10, Richmond Dispatch; troops at Camp Grant paid off and subscribed a large contribution to Father O’Keife for his work during the cholera outbreak
1883, Southern Historical Society Papers 11 (1883), pp. 83-92; Burrows, J. L. "Recollections of Libby Prison."
1884-02-14, National Tribune; brief account of prisoner's experience in Libby, Pemberton, Belle Isle, and Andersonville; notes that small pox broke out in Pemberton
1887-05-18, Philadelphia Weekly Times; very good description of the political circumstances surrounding prisoners of war during the war from one of the Libby tunnel escapees. Gives only a few snippets of Libby details
1888-01-19, Richmond Times; Franklin Stearns is “critically ill” at his residence in Henrico – Tree Hill?
1888-05-26, Richmond Times; Franklin Stearns is very ill, and not expected to survive the night
1889-08-15, National Tribune; part two of a two-part memoir by Capt. J. W. Chamberlain, 123rd Ohio, describing at length his imprisonment in Libby Prison
1889, Clark, History of the 39th Illinois'; notes that the Union XXIV Corps hospital is located at Camp Lee, gives details on surgeons, etc.
1891-02-22, New York Times; part three of serialized account of life in Libby. Notes on various ways prisoners attempted to escape, the Confederate preachers who came there
1891-03-01, New York Times; part four of serialized account of life in Libby. Notes that 1864 began poorly - the Confederates cut off supplies from the North in order to compel the US Government to resume exchanges

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