Schools
Information about schools in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1880-07-12, Richmond Dispatch; description of a trip of St. John’s Sunday school to the ironclad fleet anchored at Lower Brandon
1888-12-16, Richmond Dispatch; "Our Richmond Mobs;" details on the Bread Riot, the evacuation mob, and others
1892-06-23, Richmond Times; fatal accident at the Tredegar Iron Works
1899-08-03, National Tribune; "A Union Man in Richmond" part three of serial account. Describes the scene in Richmond immediately following secession.
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
1910-07-05, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Proposal to buy the Richmond College (former Louisiana Hospital) property for a park - alternative proposal to buy the Van Lew property for a park
1910-11-03, Alexandria (Va.) Gazette; the Van Lew mansion “is soon to disappear” – Richmond to purchase the property and build “a modern public school”
1910-11-11, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Mothers of children in the Bellevue School meet to discuss acquiring the Van Lew property for a new school
1910-12-21, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Principal of Bellevue School (the former hospital?) appears before finance Committee to advocate for the purchase of the Van Lew property for a new school building
1911-01-07, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Church Hill citizens advocate for the purchase of the Van Lew property so that a new school can be built to ease overcrowding in Bellevue and Madison schools

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