Gallego Flour Mills
Information about Gallego Flour Mills during the Civil War

 Written Accounts

1865-08-04, Richmond Whig; workmen are taking down the ruins of the Gallego Mill. Operations to resume in September
1865-10-03, Richmond Whig; boy seriously injured after falling from the ruins of “Warwick’s Mills” (Gallego)
1869-04-03, Boston Traveller; long and detailed account of a visit to Richmond. Particular emphasis on Belle Isle, Libby Prison, Castle Thunder and the Cold Harbor battlefield.
1877-07, Scribner's Monthly, July 1877; "Richmond Since the War" - good material on Tredegar Iron Works, Belle Isle, Libby Prison, Oakwood Cemetery, and Capital Square
1883-04-01, Richmond Dispatch; incredibly detailed recollections of the evacuation of Richmond – gives reliable chronology of events of the fire and occupation
1890-04-03, Richmond Dispatch; excellent description, including valuable testimony of Isaac Carrington, of the evacuation fire of Richmond. Notes that Libby had been emptied the day before
1892-05-03, Richmond Times; break in the canal upstream from Tredegar has caused the water to be shut off, and the Tredegar and Gallego mills have thus suspended operations.
1897-04-25, Richmond Dispatch; "Burning of Richmond: Incidents of the City's Evacuation Described." By R. T. W. Duke
1904-02-10, Richmond Times-Dispatch; excellent details on the evacuation fire in Richmond, April 3, 1865. Compares the fire to the recent fire in Baltimore
1922-07-09, Richmond Times-Dispatch; recollection of Richmond in the 1870s. Chimborazo buildings still present, details on people, industry, newspapers, churches and politics

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