Women
Information about women in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1863-04-09, Richmond Sentinel; City Battalion is to be increased in size, and parades nightly on Capitol Square, to the delight of the ladies
1863-04-11, National Archives; Carrington orders McCaw to retain a Mrs. Stickney as a matron, but Habersham (2nd Division Surgeon) had fired her previously for insubordination; she is described as "a dangerous character about a Hospital"
1863-04-13, Richmond Dispatch; body of Martha A. Burley found near Haxall’s Mill – Brown’s Island victim
1863-04-13, Richmond Dispatch; man arrested on RF&P, AWOL ANV soldier dressed as woman
1863-04-13, Richmond Sentinel; body of a Laboratory explosion victim found in the "race leading to Haxall’s mills." Notes that 50 deaths have thus far resulted from the explosion
1863-04-14, Richmond Sentinel; two men arrested during the Bread Riot are charged with felonies - speculation over whether City is liable for damage done during the riot
1863-04-15, New York Daily Tribune; important account from Union POWs in Libby Prison relating what they saw of the Bread Riot
1863-04-15, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. V, p. 894; excerpt from testimony regarding treatment of prisoners at Castle Thunder that mentions Castle Godwin
1863-04-15, Richmond Dispatch; Capitol Square full of promenading women. State convicts still working on western portion of square
1863-04-15, Richmond Sentinel; another female rioter sent on, charged with a felony

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