Confederate Navy
Information about the Confederate Navy in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1883-04-01, Richmond Dispatch; incredibly detailed recollections of the evacuation of Richmond – gives reliable chronology of events of the fire and occupation
1883-06-24, Richmond Dispatch; obituary of John Randolph Tucker, former commander of the James River squadron – Drewry’s Bluff mentioned extensively
1886, Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries; July-December 1886; Interesting, and fair, account of a surgeon confined in Libby during 1863; notes on T. P. Turner's obesity(?)
1888-02-07, Richmond Dispatch; Libby Prison has been bought by a Chicago syndicate; extensive description of the history of Libby Prison.
1900-07-12, National Tribune; good account of the fall of Richmond in 1865, by a boy who lived on Church Hill; notes that advancing Union troops were fired upon from convalescent patients from Chimborazo
1900-09-27, National Tribune; "The Fall of Richmond" Part one of Hiram Peck's [10th CT Inf] excellent memoir describing advancing on Richmond from Fort Burnham on April 3, 1865, and the occupation of Richmond.
1903-10-4 (through 10-11), New Orleans Picayune; Howard, McHenry. "Closing Scenes of the War About Richmond."
1904-05-18, Richmond Times-Dispatch; USS Montauk is being towed to Richmond to be scrapped by Tredegar. Interesting details
1904-08-11, National Tribune; letter of a Gettysburg prisoner who spent six weeks in Belle Isle. Mentions a soldier taking the oath of allegiance to the CSA, and that a large party escaped on Aug. 12
1911-11-07, Richmond Times-Dispatch; description of the unveiling of bronze plaque at the Libby Prison site – details of speeches given, which have little to do with the prison.

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