Streets
Information about streets in Richmond during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1865-07-01, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; decription of touring Richmond’s west end in hot weather. Mentions Glen Burnie, the Kilpatrick Raid battlefield, Euker’s “fine drinking establishment” at Buchanan Springs, and the present state of the fortificatio
1865-07-01, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; immense baby, weighing two hundred pounds and two years old, to be exhibited at the corner of Main and 19th streets
1865-08-11, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; call for the connecting railroad tracks on Eighth street to be removed – “It appears that nobody owns it”
1865-09-29, Richmond Whig; cavalrymen chase a mounted fugitive down Franklin street – at the market, fugitive flourishes his sword and escapes
1865-12-20, Official Records, Ser. I, Vol. XLVI/1, p. 1292-1295; Ewell's report on the fall of Richmond and the retreat to Appomattox
1865-12, The Old Guard; "Camp Lee;" - describes the camp's use as a freedman's village and its occupation by federal forces. Excellent description of the physical facility during the war. By George Fitzhugh.
1866-01-01, Richmond Examiner; important description of 24 hours of “outlawry” in Richmond. Woman shot at the United States Hotel, now a brothel. Same shooter then shoots a policeman on 17th street. Man shot and robbed by three soldiers in his store. 24th
1866-02-08, Richmond Examiner; railroad track erected on 8th street during the war is a “nuisance” and has not been used since 4/3/1865. Paper urges that it be removed.
1866-02-23, Richmond Examiner; notes that a change to the “house numbering scheme” is up before the City Council.
1866-02-23, Richmond Examiner; connecting railroad track on 8th street have finally been removed. Article mentions that the rails could be put to use on the “City Passenger one-horse railway”

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