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

Written Accounts

1865-09-02, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; 98th New York musters out and departs Richmond
1866-01-12, Richmond Whig; 20th NY and 24th MA are to be mustered out, and the 2nd Battn 12th US transferred, leaving the 11th US as the only troops left in Richmond
1866-01-22, Richmond Examiner; 24th Massachusetts, camped at Howard’s Grove, marches through Richmond to Rocketts on their way to be mustered out. “All the freedmen, freedwomen and freedchildren from Chimborazo and the city, accompanied the regiment in it
1866-01-22, Richmond Examiner; Howard’s Grove pillaged by “Irish and negroes.” Ringleaders sent to Castle Thunder
1866-02-02, Richmond Examiner; details on the organization of the new Public Guard – to guard “the Capitol, the Bell House and the Square.” The Penitentiary is now their “rendezvous,” but their jurisdiction does not yet extend there
1866-02-27, Richmond Examiner; City Point to be the “rendezvous” for 15-20,000 black troops, to be paid off prior to discharge. Paper laments the effect on the area
1866-02-27, Richmond Examiner;800 negro troops, the 1st USCC apparently, arrive at City Point – more on the way
1866-04-16, Richmond Dispatch; remains of Adjutant John Allen, Gettysburg KIA, buried in Shockoe cemetery
1866-04-20, Richmond Examiner; execution of a Union soldier to be held at Libby Prison
1866-07-19, Richmond Dispatch; Richmond Howitzer “Memorial Confederation” has formed in Richmond – already corresponding with the Hollywood ladies about disinterring bodies along the Williamsburg Road

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