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

Written Accounts

1900-09-26, Richmond Times; very detailed obituary for Elizabeth Van Lew – provides nice summary of her life and spy career
1902-10-23, National Tribune; Capt. Beecham's good, but very bitter, account of life on Belle Isle after Gettysburg. Includes a copy of an article from Jackson Warner, Commissary in Richmond denying that prisoners were starved
1903-04-30, National Tribune; soldier corroborates account of breaking open the doors of Libby upon the evacuation of Richmond; also relates his imprisonment in Libby and Belle Isle; cruelty of the doctor on Belle Isle, kindness of another
1903-08-13, National Tribune; description of Belle Isle in 1862; described badly, but notes that "that prison had not yet become noted for atrocities that distinguished it later,"
1904-05-19, National Tribune; brief letter describing imprisonment in Pemberton Prison and Belle Isle from late 1862 to early 1864. Mentions a one-eyed guard named Sgt. Marks who clubbed prisoners
1904-08-11, National Tribune; letter of a Gettysburg prisoner who spent six weeks in Belle Isle. Mentions a soldier taking the oath of allegiance to the CSA, and that a large party escaped on Aug. 12
1904, History of the 2nd PA HA; Wilson, Clarence H., 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. Page 213 describes conditions of Libby Prison in winter 1864-65.
1907-06-30, Richmond Times-Dispatch; great reminiscence of life in Winder Hospital in 1864; mentions an "erysipelas ward" near the old reservoir
1908, Confederate Veteran, Vol. 16, p. 72; Anonymous, "'Captain' Sally Tompkins"; describes Tompkins and her work for Robertson Hospital
1909-04-08, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Frank T. Glasgow, brother of Ellen Glasgow, commits suicide at the Tredegar Iron Works

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