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Information on Prisoners of War in Richmond, VA during the Civil War
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1861-06-13, Richmond Dispatch; four prisoners of war arrive in Richmond
1861-06-15, Richmond Enquirer; Prisoners captured at Big Bethel are quartered at the Customs House - Richmonders flock to see the captured Yankees
1861-06-25, Richmond Dispatch; names of U. S. prisoners of war now confined in Richmond
1861-06-25, Richmond Dispatch; Prisoner of war and a civilian spy are brought to Richmond and confined in "the large white building on the hill leading to Hollywood Cemetery" [probably VA Penitentiary]
1861-06-25, Richmond Dispatch; prisoners arrive in Richmond; the factory of Geo. Harwood (later GH#24) is being fitted up as a prison depot
1861-07-01, Richmond Dispatch; two POWs arrive and are taken to the prison depot (Ligon's prison)
1861-07-02, Richmond Dispatch; prison depot is located two blocks from the Henrico Court House, and contains 75-100 prisoners
1861-07-02, Richmond Enquirer; Harwood's Factory has been fitted up for a prison.
1861-07-15, Richmond Dispatch; description of the wild reaction in Richmond when "live Yankees" pass through the town
1861-07-16, Richmond Dispatch; POWs from Yorktown arrive, and are taken to the prison depot; some are from the "scum of Baltimore," and one a spy
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