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

Written Accounts

1869-03-18, Memphis (Tenn.) Daily Appeal; The President has nominated Elizabeth Van Lew as postmistress of Richmond.
1869-03-18, Richmond Dispatch; notice that Elizabeth Van Lew has been nominated as postmaster of Richmond – brief sketch of wartime activities
1869-03-20, Charleston (S. C.) Daily News; details about Elizabeth Van Lew, new postmistress of Richmond
1869-03-20, Columbia (S. C.) Daily Phoenix; brief notice that Elizabeth Van Lew, now postmistress of Richmond was a Federal spy during the war
1869-03-20, National Republican (Washington, DC); The Senate confirmed Elizabeth Van Lew as postmistress at Richmond
1869-03-25, Nashville Union and American; bitter denunciation of the appointment of Elizabeth Van Lew to the postmaster of Richmond and the Grant administration generally for the rewarding of a traitor with such a “high and responsible office.”
1869-03-26, Burlington (Vt.) Weekly Free Press; brief description of Elizabeth Van Lew’s appointment as postmaster of Richmond – notes her wartime service, and that two other ladies were appointed to post offices at the same time.
1869-03-26, Native Virginian (Orange Court House, Va.); appointment of Miss Van Lew to postmaster of Richmond seen as the influence of the Committee of nine
1869-04-03, Boston Traveller; long and detailed account of a visit to Richmond. Particular emphasis on Belle Isle, Libby Prison, Castle Thunder and the Cold Harbor battlefield.
1869-04-03, National Republican (Washington, DC); postmaster of Boston has just returned from training Elizabeth Van Lew in her new duties and left a clerk with her to assist

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