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

Written Accounts

1888-07-12, Washington (D.C.) Critic; obituary for Dr. A. Y. P. Garnett. Incredible details – notes he was the physician for J. Davis before and during the war, but no mention of Robertson Hospital or GH#3. Engraving included
1888-12-30, Richmond Dispatch; wonderful accounts of the Bread Riot in Richmond- focuses on the question of whether President Davis helped quell the mob; testimony from Letcher and others
1889-01-20, Richmond Dispatch; more on the Bread Riot, again focusing on the roles President Davis and Governor Letcher played in quelling the riot
1891-08-20, National Tribune; good account of life in Richmond prisons in 1861
1891, Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association; memorial of Dr. A. Y. P. Garnett, provides invaluable details on genealogy.
1893-04-29, Richmond Times; Chicago group offers to by the White House of the Confederacy, now the Confederate Museum. Ladies respond with “indignation and outrage.” Notes great resentment at the removal of Libby Prison to Chicago
1893-05-14, Richmond Times; castigation of Chicago sentiment against the adoration of Jefferson Davis, while they exhibit Libby Prison and have tried to buy the White House of the Confederacy
1894-06-30, Richmond Dispatch; great description of Richmond for the Confederate reunion, focusing on how much has changed since the war
1894-08-28, Richmond Dispatch; letter to the editor about the reinterment of Col. Ulric Dahlgren from Oakwood Cemtery by Elizabeth Van Lew and others. Important details.
1896-02-16, Richmond Dispatch; more on the controversy involving the burial of a colored person at Shockoe Cemetery – article notes that a similar thing has been done at Hollywood, though that is the only instance of a colored burial there.

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