Food & Supply
Information about Food & Supply in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1864-08-29, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 29, 1864 (Mayor still absent)
1864-08-30, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 30, 1864 (Mayor absent)
1864-08-31, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 31, 1864 (Mayor absent)
1864-09-01, Official Records, Ser. I, Vol. XLII/2, p. 629; 19th Regt., Va. Militia is doing guard duty at Libby, Castle Thunder
1864-09-09, Richmond Whig; Ballard House will soon be reopened
1864-09-19, New York Herald; notes from an informer on the condition of Lee's Army, the Richmond defenses, feeling against Jefferson Davis, and conditions in Richmond - notes the railroads are very poor, and that 5000 blacks are employed at Tredegar
1864-09-20, Charleston Mercury; editorial notation describing the utilization of prisoners from Libby as laborers - questions whether this can be expanded (copied from the Richmond Examiner)
1864-10 to 1865-02, Rhode Island MOLLUS, vol. IV, p. 54; Simpson, Thomas. Capt., Battery F, 1st Regt, R.I. Light Arty. "My Four Months Experience as a Prisoner of War," Gives an excellent description of Libby
1864-10-01, National Archives; Summary of John Freeland file. Freeland owned the building at the Northwest corner of 6th and Cary that was used as a Provost Marshal prison
1864-11-03 - 1865-03-28, National Archives; Officer of the Day reports from Chimborazo Hospital #2; reports on conditions in the hospital

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