Manchester
Information about Manchester during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1866-03-08, Richmond Examiner; mastodon bones are on exhibition at the feed store of Mr. Turner, opposite Castle Thunder. Samuel Maccubbin is showing the specimens to the curious
1866-03-12, Richmond Examiner; bones on exhibition at the feed store of Robert Turner, opposite Castle Thunder are considered to be elephantine, and potentially prehistoric
1867-07-16, Richmond Dispatch; lengthy and detailed article about the colored schools in Richmond. First African Baptist Church has an enormous school, Chimborazo has a “normal high school” to train teachers.
1869-10-14, Richmond Dispatch; statement of number of dead in various National Cemeteries in Virginia
1869-10-17, Columbia (S. C.) Daily Phoenix; Franklin Stearns, among a few others, is considered a top candidate for a US Senate seat.
1871-04-25, Richmond Dispatch; long recommendation for Chimborazo to be made into a park. Details as to current ownership, its present use as a Freedmen’s camp, and pre-war use as a “common”
1872-05-24, Richmond Daily State Journal; man’s arm injured at the “turning shop on Belle Isle.”
1872-06-03, Richmond Daily State Journal; man crushed under large piece of timber on Belle Isle – not expected to survive
1873-11-25, Richmond Whig; death notice of Maria Clopton – 75 years old.
1874, The Falling Flag; Evacuation of Richmond, Retreat and Surrender at Appomattox; detailed Confederate account of the evacuation of Richmond

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