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

Written Accounts

1893-12-14, National Tribune; description of a clever escape of two men from Libby Prison
1893-12-28, National Tribune; brief account of harsh treatment on Belle Isle - notes that he was almost killed by a train on his way to Belle Isle
1894, Van Santvoord, Cornelius, 120th Regiment New York State Volunteers; description of life on Belle Isle in 1864, including offers for employment at the Tredegar Iron Works upon taking the oath of allegiance; apparently, very few would do so
1895-06-13, National Tribune; refutation of the claim that prisoners at Belle Isle were "jolly fellows;" good details of the harsh treatment, and attempts to escape
1895-08-29, National Tribune; brief description of the author's prison experiences at Belle Isle, Pemberton, and Scott's prisons
1896-01-23, National Tribune; brief account of the theft of a blanket in Libby Prison in January, 1865
1896-06-30, Richmond Times; account of the Robertson Hospital and Sally Tompkins
1896-08-02, Richmond Times; "Of Chimborazo Park" Clipping from a late 19th century newspaper in which Dr. McCaw asserts that he gave the hospital and the hill the name of "Chimborazo"
1897-07-14, Richmond Dispatch; editorial rant against Libby Prison in Chicago. Declares it a failure and a fake, and says that it is “an effort to perpetuate the slanders against the South”
1897-07-21, Richmond Times; US Army has appointed new ordnance inspector to Tredegar

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