Cemeteries
Information about Cemeteries in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1865-07-19, Washington (DC) Daily National Republican; interesting letter from a young woman describing the conditions and popular sentiment in Richmond at this time; describes the Fourth of July Celebration in Capitol Square
1865-09-26, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; Shockoe Cemetery is terribly overgrown with weeds
1865-09-29, Richmond Whig; disinterment of Union graves in Richmond and on the battlefields will begin on 10/1/1865, having been stopped during the summer months. “Some thousands” buried in Oakwood. Agency in Washington is responsible for issuing permits.
1866-02-07, Richmond Examiner; notes on the Belle Isle Cemetery – 150 bodies buried there, fence erected
1866-02-10, Richmond Examiner; negro found dead on the bridge leading to Chimborazo Hospital (“now the Asylum for freed negroes”) on Marshall street – buried in the “new negro cemetery” established by the Freedman’s Bureau.
1866-05-08, Cold Harbor National Cemetery has been dedicated by a flag-raising. Cemetery is “on the farm of Mrs. Slaughter”
1866-05-08, Richmond Dispatch; brief description of the dedication of the Cold Harbor National Cemetery – notes that it is situated on the “farm of Mrs. Slaughter.”
1866-06-30, Richmond Dispatch; Fort Harrison and City Point National Cemeteries to open soon – details on who is buried where
1866-07-10, Richmond Dispatch; Buildings at the Old Fair Grounds (Camp Lee) to be turned over to the Sisters of Charity in charge of St. Francis De Sales hospital; details on the burial of negroes at Oakwood Cemetery
1866-08-11, Richmond Dispatch; detailed list of reinterments of Union dead at the various national cemeteries – Belle Isle, Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill, Seven Pines, Fort Harrison, Hollywood and Oakwood included

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