Politics
Information about politics in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1866-02-27, Richmond Examiner; proposal is before the legislature to extend Richmond’s city limits on the south side of the James, using the “breastworks” of the middle line of entrenchments as the boundary
1866-02-27, Richmond Whig; card from George N. Gwathmey denying every being a member of the “Ferret Club,” but acknowledging attending meetings.
1866-04-19, Jeffersonian (Stroudsburg, Pa.); laudatory paragraph, with biographical details, on Franklin Stearns. Says he is the richest man in Virginia and a “violent Unionist” during the war. Worth $1.5 million.
1866-10, Debow's Review; "Camp Lee and the Freedman's Bureau;" mostly a racist diatribe, gives a few details into the camp's operation. By George Fitzhugh
1867-06-27, Richmond Dispatch; voter registration for the Fourth Ward taking place at Bellevue Hospital to include all the land soon to be annexed, including “a few squares on Chimborazo Hill”
1867-07-13, Richmond Dispatch; “big meetings” of “Colored Republicans” at Capitol Square, Ebenezer Church, and Chimborazo
1867-11-01, Richmond Whig; correspondence between Gen. Schofield and John H. Gilmer regarding the misconduct charges Gilmer wishes to file against Col. Thomas E. Rose
1867-11-12, Richmond Whig; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Thomas E. Rose (now Captain, 11th US Infantry) of Libby Prison tunnel fame, demands court of enquiry into unstated “certain charges made…in relation to his conduct and the discharge of his duty as super
1867-11-19, Richmond Whig; Court of Enquiry of Col. Thomas E. Rose holds its preliminary meeting
1867-11-22, Richmond Whig; details of the trial of Col. Rose – several witnesses state he was under the influence of liquor

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