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

Written Accounts

1866-09-13, notes on cemetery interments from Cholera at Shockoe and “Mechanics” (colored) Cemeteries, notes that the Freedmen’s Bureau uses Mechanics Cemetery for burials of “deceased negroes” (Chimborazo)
1867-03-29, Richmond Dispatch; list of National Cemeteries and numbers of dead interred. Richmond Nation Cemetery is noted as “not completed”
1868-06-01, description of Decoration Day activities at Richmond National Cemetery. Article slightly critical of the proceedings, notes that 3000 participants, only 400 white and that the speakers used words “libelling us and insulting our own noble dead”
1868-11-14, Richmond Dispatch; Chickahominy river bridge on Mechanicsvill turnpike collapses under the weight of a “big gun” that was to have been mounted at the Cold Harbor National Cemetery
1869-04-03, Boston Traveller; long and detailed account of a visit to Richmond. Particular emphasis on Belle Isle, Libby Prison, Castle Thunder and the Cold Harbor battlefield.
1869-05-11, Richmond Dispatch; Oakwood Memorial Association to investigate the claims of unburied dead at Malvern Hill and Fort Harrison
1869-05-14, Richmond Dispatch; Oakwood Memorial Assocition is making arrangements for the neglected dead at Fort Harrison and Malvern Hill to be buried at Oakwood – money needed
1869-05-21, Richmond Dispatch; owner of Malvern Hill forcefully denies unburied dead on the actual Malvern Hill property – blames Crew farm instead
1869-05-24, Richmond Dispatch; more details on the unburied dead at Malvern Hill – reports are exaggerated
1869-10-14, Richmond Dispatch; statement of number of dead in various National Cemeteries in Virginia

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