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

Written Accounts

1867-08-28, Richmond Dispatch; little boy jumps on train on Broad street, falls, has legs crushed, and later dies – son of soldier killed at Ft. Gregg at Petersburg
1871-05-18, Richmond Dispatch; lengthy description of Memorial Day at Hollywood – notes the unburied dead from Fort Harrison have been placed east of the pyramid on the side of a hill
1871-05-31, description of Decoration Day at Richmond National Cemetery. “Three colored volunteer companies” and “an immense crowd (consisting for the most part of colored persons)” take part in the festivities
1874, The Falling Flag; Evacuation of Richmond, Retreat and Surrender at Appomattox; detailed Confederate account of the evacuation of Richmond
1883, Southern Historical Society Papers Vol. 1, pp. 542-559; White, W. S. "Stray Leaves from a Soldier's Journal."
1888-05-04, Richmond Dispatch; Richmond Blues and the Washington Grays of Philadelphia are picnicking opposite Drewry’s Bluff at “Warwick Park”
1888-12-16, Richmond Dispatch; "Our Richmond Mobs;" details on the Bread Riot, the evacuation mob, and others
1889-01-20, Richmond Dispatch; more on the Bread Riot, again focusing on the roles President Davis and Governor Letcher played in quelling the riot
1889-08-15, National Tribune; part one of a two-part memoir by Capt. J. W. Chamberlain, 123rd Ohio, describing at length his imprisonment in Libby Prison
1889-11, The Century Magazine; explanation of the shooting episode given in "Col. Rose's Tunnel at Libby Prison" article from former guard.

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