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

Written Accounts

1895-08-29, National Tribune; brief description of the author's prison experiences at Belle Isle, Pemberton, and Scott's prisons
1895-09-08, Richmond Dispatch; description of the wartime hanging of Louis Napoleon near the Alms House. Napoleon was convicted of counterfeiting. Also describes the trial of his confederate George Elam
1895-11-13, Richmond Times; Miss Van Lew’s annual letter to the newspaper, protesting taxation without representation
1895-11-13, Washington (D.C.) Morning Times; Elizabeth Van Lew sends in her annual protest of taxation without representation – article gives an interesting and negative physical description of her
1896-01-04, Richmond Planet; interesting description of the controversy surrounding the burial of “an old black mammy” in a white family’s plot in Shockoe Cemetery
1896-06-30, Richmond Times; account of the Robertson Hospital and Sally Tompkins
1896-08-02, Richmond Times; "Of Chimborazo Park" Clipping from a late 19th century newspaper in which Dr. McCaw asserts that he gave the hospital and the hill the name of "Chimborazo"
1897-01-08, Norfolk (Va.) Virginian; text of Elizabeth Van Lew’s annual anti-taxation protest
1899-01-27, Norfolk (Va.) Virginian-Pilot; Elizabeth Van Lew’s annual protest against taxation – adds a few details, including that General Grant was once entertained at her home
1899-05-04, National Tribune; continuation of Aubrey's account of life in Libby - further mention of T. P. Turner, and notes that he returned his hard-earned money to him upon release. Unique for its positive portrayal of Turner.

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