Monuments and Memorialization
Information about Monuments and Memorialization in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1910-12-11, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Sally Tompkins will unveil plaque at the site of Robertson Hospital. This is the third plaque put up in Richmond, after the Maury House and the Tredegar Iron Works
1910-12-14, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Sally L. Tompkins unveils tablet on the site of Robertson Hospital – very little description given
1911-11-05, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Site of Libby Prison will be marked with a bronze tablet, and notes on the other tablets to mark Confederate sites (Robertson Hospital, Chimborazo, Maury House, JEB Stuart’s death-place, Tredegar). Ceremony to be short
1911-11-07, New York Times; site of Libby Prison in Richmond has been marked with a bronze tablet
1911-11-07, Richmond Times-Dispatch; description of the unveiling of bronze plaque at the Libby Prison site – details of speeches given, which have little to do with the prison.
1911-11-10, Richmond Times-Dispatch; advertisement stating that the bronze tablet that marks the site of Libby Prison has been made by the Richmond Machine Works
1913-09-14, Richmond Times-Dispatch; report that Col. S. W Snyder, a former Union soldier and then-superintendent of the Tredegar Iron Works, was detailed by J. R. Anderson to prepare the ground at Hollywood Cemetery for the erection of the Confederate Mo
1915-06-04, Richmond Times-Dispatch; organization formed to mark Richmond battlefields
1918-06-22, New York Evening World; highly fanciful account of the wartime career of Elizabeth Van Lew – includes the “Crazy Betty” story
1921-09-05, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Richmond Rotary Club will tour Richmond battlefields today, leaving from the Soldier’s Home. Brief description of the route to be taken

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