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Information about labor in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

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1863-02-16, Richmond Dispatch; J. R. Anderson & Tredegar adv for negro labor at blast furnaces – also 2 negro carpenters
1863-03-01, Richmond Dispatch; Supt. Downer adv for 4 black workers for Ordnance Dept, 7th & Canal
1863-03-13, Richmond Dispatch; “scarcity of labor” on the railroads – superintendents have petitioned Congress for use of “battery hands” to do work. Newspaper advocates the use of prisoner labor.
1863-03-14, Richmond Examiner; Explosion at C. S. Laboratory
1863-03-30, Richmond Dispatch; W. N. Smith, Capt. At Laboratory, adv for 200 girls to work “on cartridge forms” Must be at least 15 years old.
1863-04-03, National Archives; question about Hospital Stewards at Chimborazo
1863-04-03, National Archives; questions about number of stewards at Chimborazo; 14 Stewards are working at Chimborazo Hospital
1863-04-04, Richmond Examiner; buildings of the C. S. Laboratory have been rebuilt
1863-04-08, Richmond Dispatch; Dr. Ellerson applies for millwright
1863-04-10, National Archives; Surg. Genl. Moore explains that General Hospital #1 has required more than one hospital steward “on account of the large number of Sick and Wounded.”

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