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

Written Accounts

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
1890-03-27, National Tribune; excellent description of the tunneling effort at Libby Prison by one of the tunneling party (W. S. B. Randall, 2nd Ohio Inf.) - slightly different from Moran's account
1891-01-01, National Tribune; excellent description of Crew and Pemberton Prisons and account of a "sugar raid"
1891-02-11, New York Times; part two of serialized account of life in Libby. Important description of the layout of the prison, and notes that the western armies and the Army of the Potomac segregated themselves within the prison.
1891-02-19, National Tribune; brief response to the 1/1/1891 Tribune article concerning the sugar raid and Crew and Pemberton Prisons
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
1891-03-08, New York Times; part five of serialized account of life in Libby. Gives a description of the lighter side of Libby life: mentions the "Libby Minstrels" and their performances as well as mock trials that took place in prison. Notes the shooting
1891-03-22, New York Times; part seven of serialized account of life in Libby. Describes attempted escape from Libby, travel towards Union lines and recapture.

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