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Information on the City Jail in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.
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1863-04-02, Richmond Dispatch; 140 people now in the city jail – complaint about the expense
1863-04-08, Richmond Dispatch; slave gets 39 lashes for stealing luggage at R&D RR depot.
1863-04-10, Richmond Dispatch; failed escape attempt at City jail
1863-04-20, Richmond Dispatch; Ann Thomas sent to jail for 3 months for keeping an “ill-governed and disorderly house”
1863-05-02, Richmond Dispatch; Mary Duke, bread rioter, forced to give surety & to be tried for misdemeanor
1863-05-04, Richmond Dispatch; Bread Rioters in court. Wm. J. Lush, who robbed Knott’s store gets 1 year in prison. Ann Bell fined $75 & 30 days jail – lenient, as she mother of 3
1863-05-08, Richmond Dispatch; City Jail has been left unguarded, and there have been several escapes
1863-05-08, Richmond Dispatch; description of the trials of several bread rioters, including Thomas Palmer, surgeon at the Florida Hospital (GH#11)
1863-05-08, Richmond Dispatch; Escapes & attempted escapes at city jail
1863-05-08, Richmond Dispatch; Laura Gordon & Martha Jamieson fined as rioters. Minerva Meredith fined & jailed. Elizabeth Goods & Mary Duke indicted
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