Canal Basin
Information about the Canal Basin during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1861-07-11, Richmond Enquirer; Cannon made at Bellona Arsenal, and lying on the basin bank, have been spiked by some "Yankee spy"
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,"
1862-08-04, Richmond Enquirer; canal basin was drained to prevent stagnation of water - many animal corpses found at the bottom
1862-11-08, Richmond Enquirer; slave of J. R. Anderson convicted for stealing lumber from the Basin bank - gets fifteen lashes
1862-12-05, Richmond Dispatch; “substantial railing” in place north side of canal, east of 8th St., both sides of bridge.
1863-01-07, Richmond Dispatch; Capt. Jno. H. Greaner, Co, A, 25th VA Battn., adv for recruits. Unit is “permanently stationed at Richmond, Va.,” and “quarters near Petersburg Depot.”
1863-01-12, Richmond Dispatch; Boy accidentally shot on basin bank. City Battalion barracks on southern bank, but no one there guilty.
1863-01-15, Richmond Dispatch; little boy shot at basin dies. Inquest determines he was accidentally shot by unnamed man in D25VaBn, from location of Bennett’s warehouse, south side of basin & 9th sts.
1863-01-29, Richmond Dispatch; update on bridge collapse – inquest, etc. Three federal soldiers remain to be accounted for. F. Padican, 18th Miss., corpse fished out of canal, too. Local burial. Not part of bridge collapse?
1863-02-13, Richmond Dispatch; Capt. Wm. H. Allison recruiting for 25Bn. Barracks are between 8th & 9th, south of Basin

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