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

Written Accounts

1866, Trowbridge, John T., The South...; account of the author's travels to Richmond and the adjoining battlefields. Good material on Belle Isle, Brown's Island, Libby Prison, battlefields near the city, Camp Lee
1867-02-13, Richmond Dispatch; Commander of Department of Henrico writes letter to Mayor Mayo complaining of a Confederate flag being displayed in Richmond, and Mayor’s response
1867-03-29, Richmond Dispatch; list of National Cemeteries and numbers of dead interred. Richmond Nation Cemetery is noted as “not completed”
1867-04-27, Richmond Dispatch; grand jury finds a true bill against Taliaferro Fisher, for murder of James Doyle on Chimborazo hill, 7/1/1866
1867-05-02, Richmond Dispatch; Camp Grant murder – 11th US soldier arrested and put in the county jail
1867-05-20, Richmond Dispatch; General U. S. Grant and party are in Richmond, staying at the Spotswood Hotel. Party visited Cold Harbor yesterday
1867-05-28, Richmond Whig; “A Negro Riot” began during the testing of fire engines at the dock, resulted mob attacking police attempting to free a prisoner. Gen. Schofield and Mayor disperse the crowd at Broad and Seventh
1867-05-28, Richmond Whig; all the parties engaged in the riot of May 9 will be dealt with by the Mayor today
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

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