Manchester
Information about Manchester during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1893, Battles & Leaders Vol. 4 (1893): pp. 725-726; Sulivane, Clement. "The Fall of Richmond: No. I -The Evacuation,"
1896-02-04, Richmond Dispatch; obituary for Dr. T. L. Ingram, who had been a surgeon at Libby Prison, Belle Isle, and the South Carolina Hospital
1899-08-17, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond;” part five of serial account. Describes the scene in Richmond in early to mid-1863. Mentions hedonistic activity at the Exchange, Ballard and Spotswood hotels; prostitution and gambling flourishing
1900-08-16, National Tribune; Part Two of Silas Crocker’s serialized account of life in captivity in Richmond - relates the story of his stay on Belle Isle with good details on the prison’s geography. Very fair account, though bitter
1900-09-16, National Tribune; Part one of Silas Crocker's serialized account of life in Libby - relates the stock story of money stealing by Dick Turner and mentions a sergeant beating a man who would not give up his ring.
1948-02-08, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Bridge from Tredegar over to Belle Isle is being demolished. Many important details about Old Dominion Iron and Nail Works, and the buildings on Belle Isle. Notes that house on the hill was used as “headquarters” for t
1965, Richmond Civil War Centennial Committee; Weitzel, Godfrey. Richmond Occupied: Entry of the United States Forces into Richmond, Va. April 3, 1865 - Calling Together of the Virginia Legislature and Revocation of the Same. Ed. Louis H. Manarin
Unpublished Memoir of Lt. Col. T. G. Barham; brief but very descriptive Confederate account of the evacuation of Richmond

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