Seven Days' Battles
Information about Seven Days' Battles in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1899-09-21, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond” part seven of serialized account. Describes the tough economic conditions in Richmond in 1863 (with a nice description of the scene at the Old Market), the small-pox epidemic in Richmond
1899-09-28, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond” part eight of serialized account. Describes the capture and execution of Timothy Webster, the Libby Prison escape (mentions prisoners being aided by Van Lew)
1899-10-29, Richmond Times; "It Was Obedience Even Unto Death: Grave in Hollywood Recalls a Story of Devotion to Duty." Stiles, Robert. Reprint from Richmond Times SHSP 27 (1899), pp. 17-25.
1910-05-21, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Secretary of War and General in charge of the Army War College visit Seven Pines, Savage’s Station and Malvern Hill Battlefields
1911-06, Harper's Monthly Magazine, pp. 86-99; Beymer, William Gilmore. "Miss Van Lew."
1911, "A History of the Forty-fourth Regiment NY Volunteer Inf. in the Civil War, 1861-1865"; Nash, Eugene A., 1911 account by Captain C. D. Grannis of life in Libby Prison in 1862. Very interesting (and negative) portrayal of Erasmus Ross
1921-09-05, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Richmond Rotary Club will tour Richmond battlefields today, leaving from the Soldier’s Home. Brief description of the route to be taken
1921-09-06, Richmond Times-Dispatch; detailed description of the Richmond Rotary Club’s tour of Richmond battlefields
1932-06, Richmond Magazine; "The Confederate Tradition of Richmond." Freeman, Douglas Southall, p. 42.
1937-05-19, Richmond Times-Dispatch; officers from the Army War College tour battlefields preparatory to visit in June – Dr. Freeman accompanies them

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