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

Written Accounts

1904-04-07, National Tribune; brief description of the author's captivity in Libby, and the state of finances in Richmond - author relates that he was able to exchange $10 for $100 CSA and buy goods with it.
1904-07-08, Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly; Gildersleeve, John R.; "History of Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Va., and Its Medical Officers During 1861-1865 "
1904-08-11, National Tribune; letter of a Gettysburg prisoner who spent six weeks in Belle Isle. Mentions a soldier taking the oath of allegiance to the CSA, and that a large party escaped on Aug. 12
1904, A Boy's Experiences in the Civil War 1860-1865; excellent description of the VMI cadets' use of the Alms House as barracks and classrooms and cadet life in general; also mentions the cadets tending Confederate graves
1904, History of the 2nd PA HA; Wilson, Clarence H., 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. Page 213 describes conditions of Libby Prison in winter 1864-65.
1906-06-28, National Tribune; man claims to be the one that caught and killed the dog at Belle Isle and ate it.
1906-09-06, National Tribune; a veteran of Richmond prisons asks questions about them. Pemberton, the Belle Isle sutler, and the dog-slaying incident are mentioned.
1907-02-28, National Tribune; description of Col. Abel Streight’s escape through the Libby tunnel - notes he had some difficulty getting out because he was a “large man” and that he was initially helped by “Aunt Rhoda,” a local negro.
1907-06-30, Richmond Times-Dispatch; great reminiscence of life in Winder Hospital in 1864; mentions an "erysipelas ward" near the old reservoir
1907-07-25, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Tredegar Iron Works wins contract for 600 ten-inch shells (beating out Bethlehem Steel dramatically)

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