Environs of Richmond
Information on the areas around Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1862-04-28, Richmond Whig; Franklin Stearns has been released from Castle Godwin, and returns home
1862-06-28, Richmond Whig; 30 prisoners brought to Libby Prison – lists regiments
1862-07-08, Richmond Enquirer; note on the capture of the C.S.S. Teaser, and prediction that northern types will exaggerate her size
1862-08-01, Richmond Dispatch; Joel Sparks, Nine Mile Road, jailed for having Yankee flag; H. B. Lipscomb of King William County sent to Camp Winder as a conscript
1862-08-06, Richmond Examiner; two of the Yankee officers who escaped from the Officers’ Prison on 18th street were captured in Prince William county, but have escaped again.
1862-11-13, William A. Carrington Papers; Inspection Report of Howard's Grove Hospital
1862-11-20, William A. Carrington Papers; Inspection Report of all numbered battery defenses of Richmond, containing both military and medical details.
1862-12-09, Richmond Dispatch; escaped Libby prisoner arrested for something else & returned to Libby; Kile Norton, “a South Carolina darkey” employed at Castle Thunder
1862-12-13, Richmond Enquirer; Joseph R. Anderson buys a farm in Goochland County for $112,000
1863-01-08, Richmond Dispatch; 6 Castle Thunder escapees captured & returned. 2 named.

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