Capitol Square
Information about Capitol Square in Richmond, VA, during the Civil War.

 Written Accounts

1898, Series Written Especially for the Boston Journal; Recollections from the 9th Vermont Infantry, detailing the occupation of Richmond
1899-07-27, National Tribune; "A Union Man in Richmond;" description of sentiment in Richmond leading up to secession; John Minor Botts' speech at the African Church, and the Secession Convention in the Mechanics' Institute.
1900-07-12, National Tribune; good account of the fall of Richmond in 1865, by a boy who lived on Church Hill; notes that advancing Union troops were fired upon from convalescent patients from Chimborazo
1903-02-17, Richmond Times-Dispatch; cavalry veterans want Stuart Monument in Capitol Square and are upset that Wade Hampton got an enormous monument in South Carolina while Virginia has done nothing for Stuart
1903-02-18, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Stuart Monument Association asks for $10,000 for the Stuart Monument and seeks to place it in Capitol Square, “on the brow of the hill just below the southern end of the Capitol overlooking Bank Street.”
1903-02-19, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Governor, State officials and Stuart Monument Association pick the site for the Stuart Monument in Capitol Square – “upon the knoll overlooking the Custom House.”
1903-02-24, Richmond Times-Dispatch; more on the site of the Stuart Monument in Capitol Square – bill to be presented for State funds. Mentions building a monument would fulfil promise to Stuart’s widow at the time of his death to do so
1903-03-01, Richmond Times-Dispatch; bill to fund the Stuart Monument and place it in Capitol Square has passed the Senate, expected to pass the House
1903-03-04, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Virginia Senate passes bill funding the Stuart Monument in Capitol Square. Lengthy description of the oratory and enthusiasm attending the passage of the bill
1903-03-08, Richmond Times-Dispatch; more about J. E. B. Stuart and the proposed monument on Capitol Square; other important details about Capitol Square and Stuart’s death

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