City Hall
Information about City Hall in Richmond, VA, during the Civil War.

 Written Accounts

1859-09-30, Richmond Dispatch; negores are visiting Capitol Square, despite city ordinance prohibiting it
1861-04-15, Richmond Dispatch; account of the response in Richmond to the fall of Fort Sumter; extensive celebration and flag-raising at the Tredegar Iron Works
1861-09-27, Richmond Enquirer; interesting Mayor's Court items: one of the combatants in the "Hill cats/Butcher cats" rock battle unable to prove his good character, and a slave assaults a "free negress,"
1862-07-28, New York Herald; wonderful general description of the city of Richmond - mentions, Hollywood, Tredegar, the Almshouse, appearance of the prisons, Odd Fellows Hall, and the James River and Kanawha Canal
1862-11-01, Richmond Dispatch; thieves rob City Hall
1863-01-13, Richmond Dispatch; 3 free negroes sold in front of City Hall
1863-03-04, Richmond Dispatch; detailed account of mid-February murder attempt at Spotswood
1863-03-10, Richmond Dispatch; interesting update on City Hospital & Howard’s Grove, from City Council
1863-03-27, Richmond Dispatch; George Minor asks city council for relief from losses incurred in construction of new city almshouse ; report (census) on City Hospital & Howard’s Grove Hospital
1863-04-06, Richmond Examiner; account of the trials of several of the bread rioters, great details on individual cases

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