Richmond City Battalion
Information about the Richmond City Battalion, also known as Elliott's Battalion, in Richmond, VA, during the Civil War. 

Written Accounts

1863-04-09, Richmond Dispatch; Elzey reviews command, including City Battalion
1863-04-09, Richmond Examiner; Castle Thunder items; notes that two members of the city battalion (the guards for the Richmond prisons) have been imprisoned for sleeping at their posts
1863-04-09, Richmond Sentinel; City Battalion is to be increased in size, and parades nightly on Capitol Square, to the delight of the ladies
1863-04-11, Richmond Dispatch; 4 men of G25Battalion into Castle Thunder for desertion
1863-04-15, Richmond Dispatch; Capitol Square full of promenading women. State convicts still working on western portion of square
1863-04-28, Richmond Dispatch; Robert Ashby & Maurice Johnson, G25Bn., drummed out of service at barracks, Byrd St., opposite Basin. Immediately conscripted. Guilty of being bribed by prisoners
1863-04-29, Richmond Sentinel; two men of the City Battalion have their heads shaved and drummed out of camp for accepting a bribe from a prisoner which allowed him to escape - sent to Camp Lee as conscripts
1863-05-02, Richmond Dispatch; City Battalion (25th Va Battn) parades behind Libby Prison
1863-05-02, Richmond Dispatch; gigantic list of donations for Brown’s Island explosion
1863-05-09, New York Herald; captured correspondent (Vosberg) for the Herald gives a detailed description of life inside Libby Prison

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