Free Negroes
Information about Free Negros in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1896-10-01, National Tribune; outstanding account of Lincoln’s visit to Richmond by a Union cavalry officer who was definitely present at the time– notes that Lincoln went to the White House of the Confederacy twice, takes direct aim at Graves’ account
1898, Series Written Especially for the Boston Journal; Recollections from the 9th Vermont Infantry, detailing the occupation of Richmond
1901-12-24, St. Louis Republic; outstanding description of the last building of Chimborazo, still standing and occupied by a former slave. States that after the war, the “the negroes took possession” of the hospital buildings, and stayed there
1906-12-15, Ripley, Edward H. NY MOLLUS, Vol. III, 1907, pp. 472-502; excellent description of the fall and capture of Richmond; notes that he has the key and records for Libby Prison
1909, Confederate Veteran 17, p. 215; Watehall, E. T. “Fall of Richmond, April 3, 1865.”
1910, Crook, William Henry, Through Five Administrations: Reminiscences of Colonel William H. Crook; Lincoln’s bodyguard describes the President’s visit to City Point and Richmond – highly suspect in its details
1911-06, Harper's Monthly Magazine, pp. 86-99; Beymer, William Gilmore. "Miss Van Lew."
1914-10-02, Cape Weekly Tribune (Cape Girardeau, Mo.); recollection of J. J. Clopton of the burning of Richmond on April 2, 1865. Notes that he grew up opposite the Van Lew house.
1965, Richmond Civil War Centennial Committee; Weitzel, Godfrey. Richmond Occupied: Entry of the United States Forces into Richmond, Va. April 3, 1865 - Calling Together of the Virginia Legislature and Revocation of the Same. Ed. Louis H. Manarin

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