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

Written Accounts

1899-06-01, Richmond Times; portrait of Sally Tompkins has been donated to the Confederate Museum – flowery excerpts from speeches and details about Robertson Hospital
1899-07-27, National Tribune; "A Union Man in Richmond;" description of sentiment in Richmond leading up to secession; John Minor Botts' speech at the African Church, and the Secession Convention in the Mechanics' Institute.
1899-08-10, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond;” part four of serial account. Describes John Minor Bott’s stay in “a negro jail in Lombard Alley” [Castle Godwin], the economic situation in Richmond, the Battle of First Manassas
1899-08-17, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond;” part five of serial account. Describes the scene in Richmond in early to mid-1863. Mentions hedonistic activity at the Exchange, Ballard and Spotswood hotels; prostitution and gambling flourishing
1899-09-14, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond” part six of serialized account. Describes the feeling in Richmond at the time of the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, Pawnee Sunday (1861), a female Confederate spy at his boarding house
1899-09-21, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond” part seven of serialized account. Describes the tough economic conditions in Richmond in 1863 (with a nice description of the scene at the Old Market), the small-pox epidemic in Richmond
1899-10-29, Richmond Times; "It Was Obedience Even Unto Death: Grave in Hollywood Recalls a Story of Devotion to Duty." Stiles, Robert. Reprint from Richmond Times SHSP 27 (1899), pp. 17-25.
1900-01-18, Richmond Dispatch; Miss Van Lew’s annual protest (and her last) against taxation without representation
1900-01-18, Richmond Times; Miss Van Lew’s annual protest (and her last) against taxation without representation
1900-03-22, Richmond Times; Miss Elizabeth Van Lew is recovering from her illness – live-in niece is not. Another niece arrives from Philadelphia to assist

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