Editorials
Editorials in newspapers in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1863-05-12, Richmond Dispatch; editorial regarding the death of Gen. Stonewall Jackson
1863-05-13, Richmond Dispatch; editorial description of opinion regarding Yankee prisoners (very negative)
1863-05-13, Richmond Dispatch; editorial lamentation that Jackson's remains will not be buried in Hollywood Cemetery
1864-03-05, Richmond Sentinel; editorial concerning the Dahlgren raid; advocates like treatment of Lincoln and prisoners
1864-06-01, Richmond Sentinel; "What is Belle Isle Kept Up For?"
1865-04-11, Richmond Whig; appeal for a city railroad to replace one the CS built to transport iron to Rocketts
1865-10-11, Richmond Dispatch; Joseph R. Anderson of the Tredegar Iron Works has been pardoned. “This secures the uninterrupted working of the most important manufacturing establishment in the State, and one which gives employment to the largest number of
1865-12-16, Richmond Examiner; interesting, and wordy, description of the demoralizing effect of the war. The war “is now over, and it only remains to us to cleanse the traces of war from our homes and hearts”
1866-02-01, Richmond Examiner; editorial column about the influx of vice in Richmond
1866-02-05, Richmond Examiner; editorial announcing reprint and expansion of the account of the Loyal hop at the Spotswood and commentary from Richmond women

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