Flags
Information about flags in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts 

1887-07-16, Maysville (Ky.) Daily Evening Bulletin; Miss Van Lew is vacationing in Richmond for the summer – she is in good humor and gives a politically pointed quote
1887-07-28, Saline County Journal (Salina, Kan.); Miss Van Lew apparently fired for expressing disdain at the return of the rebel flags – contains quote from her
1889-08-15, National Tribune; part one of a two-part memoir by Capt. J. W. Chamberlain, 123rd Ohio, describing at length his imprisonment in Libby Prison
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
1889-10-12, Richmond Dispatch; Charles Gunther buys Union flag from Richmond lady for exhibition at Libby Prison. Description of its use on evacuation day
1889-12-19, National Tribune; account of the 4th of July celebration in Libby during 1863 by Louis Beaudry, the former editor of the "Libby Chronicle"
1890-06-07, Richmond Planet; interesting anecdote about “an old colored man” witnessing the parade attending the unveiling of the Lee monument
1891-04-19, New York Times; part eleven of serialized account of life in Libby. Recounts the author's near-exchange, and subsequent return to Richmond, only to be put in General Hospital #10
1893-02-10, Richmond Dispatch; Stevens, Fred. S. "The First Federal to Enter Richmond."
1896-10-01, National Tribune; outstanding account of Lincoln’s visit to Richmond by a Union cavalry officer who was definitely present at the time– notes that Lincoln went to the White House of the Confederacy twice, takes direct aim at Graves’ account

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