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

Written Accounts

1862-06-14, Official Sources; Winder rebukes Surgeon Lane, and describes his observations of Winder Hospital. Chimborazo mentioned.
1862-07-11, Memphis (Tenn.) Daily Appeal; very important article describing the 11th PA and 4th NJ captives from Gaines’ Mill arriving at Libby Prison. Gives details on the admission process
1862-07-31, Richmond Whig; Battery #8 struck by lightning
1862-08-07, Richmond Dispatch; enormous new list of prisoners at Castle Godwin, “Castle Godwin Guard House,” & Alexander Hospital.
1862-09-19, Richmond Examiner; Three companies of Marylanders are at Camp Maryland, contiguous to Camp Winder
1862-11-17, William A. Carrington Papers; Inspection Report of Battery #15
1862-11-20, William A. Carrington Papers; Inspection Report of all numbered battery defenses of Richmond, containing both military and medical details.
1862-12-02, Richmond Dispatch; Frederick Lindsey, 1TX & Mathew Pitman, 1GA, both arrested for drunken fracas at Rockett’s. Pitman to Castle Thunder, Lindsey left behind, “having had his skull broken by a skillet in the hands of a female whose house he had
1862-12-03, Richmond Dispatch; B. R. Minter, 18VaBn, killed at Castle Booker by sentinel (Wm. Phillips of President’s Guard)
1862-12-03, Richmond Whig; soldier shot by sentinel at the "Confederate prison, corner of Cary and 6th streets"

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