Other Military Organizations
Information about other military organizations in Richmond during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1865-06-30, Richmond Whig; a detachment of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery arrives from Drewry’s Bluff to be paid off and sent home.
1865-07-06, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; description of the Fourth of July in Richmond – lengthy description of Mary Walker’s appearance while (inaudibly) reading the Declaration of Independence. Description of other addresses at Capitol Square, and excu
1865-07-22, New Haven (CT) Columbian Weekly Register; clarification on the mutiny of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery at Drewry’s Bluff. .
1865-07-22, New Haven (CT) Columbian Weekly Register; letter describing a mutiny within the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery at Drewry’s Bluff.
1865-07-28, Richmond Whig; description of the current state of Rocketts Landing
1865-08-01, Richmond Whig; description of Libby Hill - now camp of “U. S. colored infantry covers the face of the hill.”
1865-08-04, Richmond Whig; paymasters have arrived in town – 16,000 troops now in town
1865-08-04, Richmond Whig; Provost Marshal arrests in the 1st district: several drunk soldiers and a deserter; black man sent to Castle Thunder for assault – the man he assaulted sent to Chimborazo for vagrancy
1865-08-04, Richmond Whig; Provost Marshal cases in the 2nd district: Liquor sales, thefts and two humorous accounts of unfaithful husbands. One woman escaped Castle Thunder but was “recommitted” after arrest
1865-08-18, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; Camp Lee hospital is being “broken up”

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