Battle of First Manassas
Information about the response in Richmond, VA to the Battle of First Manassas

Written Accounts

1861-07-24, Richmond Whig; citizen's committee designates St. Charles hotel for use as a hospital
1861-07-25, Richmond Dispatch; bodies of Bartow, Bee, and Johnston were escorted from the Capitol to the Petersburg depot for transportation South
1861-07-25, Richmond Dispatch; many sick and wounded are arriving in Richmond and put in private homes for treatment - notes that they suffer "like heroes"; Committee for their reception is constantly at work
1861-07-25, Richmond Dispatch; trains arrive from Manassas bearing wounded, who are taken to private homes for treatment; 500-600 POWs are set to arrive; the prison depot is already full; notes that General Corcoran arrived in Richmond two days ago
1861-07-25, Richmond Dispatch; wounded POWs of Ellsworth's Zouaves are taken to the Alms House for treatment - expresses belief that these men are a very "hard set," and "villains of a low degree," and don't deserve any kindness
1861-07-25, Richmond Whig; wounded soldiers and Yankee prisoners are arriving in Richmond
1861-07-26, Richmond Dispatch; 17 Union surgeons are POWs; one is the son of a big New York tobacco merchant and is in Howard's factory
1861-07-26, Richmond Whig; "Prison depot," at corner of Main and 25th street is being visited by curious Richmonders
1861-07-27, National Archives; Surg. W. A. Carrington has been taken prisoner at First Manassas
1861-07-27, Richmond Dispatch; brief description of the hospital at Mason Hall Church; also description of the "Springfield Temperance" hospital (future GH#26), in the same neighborhood; notes they are both filling up

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