Spotswood Hotel
Information about the Spotswood Hotel in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

The Spotswood Hotel was located at the southeast corner of 8th and Main streets.

Written Accounts

1861-01-19, Richmond Enquirer; opening notice of the Spotswood Hotel
1861-04-01, Richmond Dispatch; Spotswood Hotel has been opened
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
1861-04-15, Richmond Dispatch; Catesby Jones and Capt. Pegram are at the Exchange Hotel; M. F. Maury and R. M. T. Hunter are at the Spotswood
1861-04-20, Richmond Dispatch; Richmond Howitzers have moved into their new quarters under the Spotswood Hotel
1861-04-23, Richmond Dispatch; description of the arrival of Col. Robert E. Lee into Richmond and speech from the Spotswood Hotel
1861-05-30, Richmond Dispatch; great description of the arrival of President Jefferson Davis in Richmond and the celebration in the city as he is escorted to Spotswood Hotel; later he reviewed the troops at Camp Lee
1861-06-01, Richmond Dispatch; Description of the arrival of Gen. Beauregard at the Spotswood Hotel
1861-06-20, Richmond Dispatch; New Orleans Washington Artillery serenades President Davis at the Spotswood Hotel
1861-07-16, Richmond Dispatch; Hotel arrivals; Dr. Thom and Thomas Clingman are at the Spotswood

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