James River
Information about the James River during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1862-07-14, Richmond Examiner; prisoners have been sent to Belle Isle, officers are confined in Crenshaw warehouse (within Tredegar Iron Works); account of letters sent from Libby Prison
1862-07-26, Charleston Mercury; notes that the stench of "suppurating wounds" from Chimborazo Hospital can be smelt upon approaching Richmond on the train; notes on the military situation and local feeling
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
1862-08-01, Richmond Whig; questions why the Yankees refer to Drewry’s Bluff as “Fort Darling” instead of its “proper name” of “Fort Drewry”
1862-08-12, Richmond Dispatch; 140 Federal officers, including McCall, Reynolds, and Rankin have been sent off by flag of truce
1862-09-01, Richmond Dispatch; hospitals have been ordered "cleaned out" preparatory to a big battle;
1862-09-10, Richmond Dispatch; 9/10/1862; City report on expenditures, fiscal year ending 2/28/1862.
1862-11-10, Richmond Examiner; Libby prison items - 150 yankees paroled
1862-12-04, Richmond Dispatch; list of new Castle Thunder inmates. Includes Mike O’Bryan, AWOL fireman from CSS Jamestown and Jno. Govan, AWOL from CSS Richmond
1862-12-05, Richmond Dispatch; steamer Schultz is now making daily trips to Drewry’s Bluff

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