Chickahominy River
Information about the Chickahominy River during the Civil War.

 Written Accounts

1865-01-18, Official Records, Ser. I, Vol. XLVI/2, p. 171; Union intelligence report; Colonel Fry is being held in poor conditions
1866 (ca.), The Camp, the Battle Field, and the Hospital...; by Linus P. Brockett; excerpt (by John F. Porter) describes the author's part in the famous Libby Prison escape and subsequent journey to Williamsburg
1866-07-10, Richmond Dispatch; details on the new Mechanicsville Turnpike company – Howard’s Grove and Seven Days’ battlefields mentioned
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
1888-03, Century Magazine, March 1888, pp. 770-790; Moran, Frank E. "Colonel Rose's Tunnel at Libby prison." Excellent account of the tunneling effort and subsequent escape of 109 Libby prisoners
1890-03-27, National Tribune; excellent description of the tunneling effort at Libby Prison by one of the tunneling party (W. S. B. Randall, 2nd Ohio Inf.) - slightly different from Moran's account
1891-03-15, New York Times; part six of serialized account of life in Libby. Description of the digging and escape through the Libby tunnel; notes that he was one of the ones who raised the cry of "guards!" to get the crowd to thin out.
1891-03-22, New York Times; part seven of serialized account of life in Libby. Describes attempted escape from Libby, travel towards Union lines and recapture.
1891-06-03, Wisconsin MOLLUS, Vol. I, Milwaukee, 1891, pp. 394-409; By Bvt. Brig. Gen. Harrison C. Hobart, entitled: "Libby Prison - The Escape." Describes Life in Libby Prison from 9/30/1863 until his escape on Feb. 9th, 1864
1899-08-10, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond;” part four of serial account. Describes John Minor Bott’s stay in “a negro jail in Lombard Alley” [Castle Godwin], the economic situation in Richmond, the Battle of First Manassas

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