Prisons, and other places used as prisons
Prisons, and other places used as prisons during the Civil War in Richmond, Va.

Places that operated as both Hospitals and Prisons are indicated by an "*" on the menu

Written Accounts

1864-05-28, Richmond Examiner; Second-class militia detailed to guard prisons and hospitals while regulars are in the field
1864-05-30, Richmond Examiner; AAG for Gen. Bragg inspects Libby Prison and Castle Thunder and finds them pleasing
1864-06-02, Richmond Whig; tobacco factories on Main and Franklin near Church Hill have been re-occupied as prisons, and the guards are forcing people off the sidewalk. Major Turner puts a stop to this practice
1864-06-17, Richmond Examiner; describes the beneficial use of tobacco warehouses as prisons and hospitals to the Confederacy
1864-06-18, Richmond Examiner; description of what Richmond has given up as the Confederate capital
1864-08-03, Richmond Dispatch; Five Yankees captured and sent to the Libby. No other incidents of interest occurred at the prisons
1870-05-31, description of Decoration Day at Richmond National Cemetery - notes that "many colored people" attended the ceremonies
1876-05-31, description of Federal Decoration Day at Richmond National Cemetery, with lengthy description of the cemetery and details of burials
Prison-Life in the Tobacco Warehouse at Richmond - Chapter1
Prison-Life in the Tobacco Warehouse at Richmond. By a Ball's Bluff Prisoner -Harris, Lieut. William C., Philadelphia: George W. Childs, 1862.

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