Jefferson Davis
Information about Jefferson Davis in Richmond during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1900-10-12, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot; obituary for Elizabeth Van Lew – highly detailed account of her life and wartime career. Described as “eccentric”
1902-01-25, Richmond Times; former Union spy, once held in Castle Thunder, and member of a plot to kidnap Jefferson Davis, is here in Richmond doing Civil War research
1903-06-21, Richmond Times-Dispatch; letter to the editor inquiring why the Davis monument is not placed on Capitol Square – writer advocates for Stuart to go to Monroe Park or “near the Lee monument”
1911-06, Harper's Monthly Magazine, pp. 86-99; Beymer, William Gilmore. "Miss Van Lew."
1915-04-10, Washington Herald; interesting details on Lincoln’s return trip to Washington from City Point – includes photo of the River Queen
1932-06, Richmond Magazine; "The Confederate Tradition of Richmond." Freeman, Douglas Southall, p. 42.
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
No date, "The Death of Major-General J. E. B. Stuart."; Unknown author. Includes reprint from Richmond Examiner. Southern Historical Society Papers 7 (1879), pp. 107-110.

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