Recently Published Articles to Civil War Richmond
- 1879-08-27, further details on the burning of Castle Thunder. No lives lost, extensive account of insurance of various buildings
- 1866-09-13, notes on cemetery interments from Cholera at Shockoe and “Mechanics” (colored) Cemeteries, notes that the Freedmen’s Bureau uses Mechanics Cemetery for burials of “deceased negroes” (Chimborazo)
- 1879-08-26, Richmond Dispatch; Castle Thunder and adjoining building burn down spectacularly. Important and lengthy description of the fire. United States Hotel mentioned
- 1871-05-31, description of Decoration Day at Richmond National Cemetery. “Three colored volunteer companies” and “an immense crowd (consisting for the most part of colored persons)” take part in the festivities
- 1872-03-30, Patrick Hart, Superintendent of Richmond National Cemetery, transferred to the Battle-Ground National Cemetery, D. C. William Wright of Fort Harrison National Cemetery to transfer to Richmond.
- 1872-04-10, Major Patrick Hart has been reinstated as Superintendent of Richmond National Cemetery “in recognition of his services as a battery commander in the Federal army.”
- 1875-08-16, fight between R. A. Wallace, superintendent of the Richmond National Cemetery, and another man on 17th street. Both men arrested.
- 1875-05-10, Major B. F. Hart, superintendent of Richmond National Cemetery, has horse accident on Main Street, not hurt
- 1869-05-22, official notice of the Decoration Day festivities at Richmond National Cemetery. Coaches running from the “eastern terminus of the city railway.” Col. H. S. Merrill of the Freedmen’s Bureau is on the Committee of Arrangements.
- 1866-05-08, Cold Harbor National Cemetery has been dedicated by a flag-raising. Cemetery is “on the farm of Mrs. Slaughter”
- 1868-06-01, W. A. Hoppe, former keeper of the Chimborazo Bath House, and Richmond Unionist, states that he is only the half brother of the man in the Trueman-Hoppe case
- 1868-06-01, General Schofield, military commander of Richmond, leaves Richmond to accept office of Secretary of War. Praise for him having “carried out the reconstruction laws faithfully”
- 1868-06-01, description of Decoration Day activities at Richmond National Cemetery. Article slightly critical of the proceedings, notes that 3000 participants, only 400 white and that the speakers used words “libelling us and insulting our own noble dead”
- 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
- 1868-05-30, Belvedere Baptist Church, where Bread Rioters once met, now too small for church purposes, and “is in wretched repair.”
- 1865-10-07, Anglo-African; Union spy Mary Jane Richards, using pseudonym 'Richmonia Richards,' describes wartime Richmond to an audience in New York.
- 1865-09-25, Brooklyn (NY) Daily Eagle; Union spy Mary Jane Richards, using pseudonym 'Richmonia R. St. Peirre,' describes Richmond during the war.
- 1864-09-05, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported on September 5, 1864
- 1864-09-05, Richmond Dispatch; Man robbed by Yankee deserters - being a negro he is incompetent to testify against white men so the robbers are released
- 1864-09-05, Richmond Dispatch; Another witness declines to testify in Elmore/Daniel dueling case - awaiting opinion from Court of Appeals
- 1864-09-05, Richmond Dispatch; Fire destroys Myers' negro quarters and a brick home - origin unknown
- 1864-09-05, Richmond Dispatch; Fire destroyed an old tobacco factory - thought to be arson
- 1864-09-03, Richmond Dispatch; Judge in Circuit Court rules witness doesn't have to testify against himself, is appealed
- 1864-09-03, Richmond Dispatch; In three months, Libby has taken in sixteen thousand eighty-six prisoners
- 1864-09-03, Richmond Dispatch; General John H. Winder has been relieved from his command
- 1864-09-03, Richmond Dispatch; Confederate States District Court rules Provost-Marshall employee subject to jurisdiction of military court
- 1864-09-03, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported on September 3, 1864
- 1864-09-03, Richmond Dispatch; Man sentenced to be hung on the charge of setting a fire and waylaying the owner
- 1864-09-03, Richmond Dispatch; Incendiaries start two fires, fire engines did effectual service but servants lost everything
- 1864-09-02, Richmond Dispatch; A piece of new music, "The Alabama" received - it will doubtless become very popular
- 1864-09-02, Richmond Dispatch; Correction to line in correspondence published yesterday
- 1864-09-02, Richmond Dispatch; False fire alarm caused by the burning of a chimney
- 1864-09-02, Richmond Dispatch; Three hundred Yankee prisoners sent to Libby Prison
- 1864-09-02, Richmond Dispatch; Man sentenced for the game of faro denied a pardon by the Governor
- 1864-09-02, Richmond Dispatch; Detective who shot a man charged with desertion committed to Castle Thunder
- 1864-09-02, Richmond Dispatch; Yankees and a Confederate traitor sent off by Flag of Truce
- 1864-09-02, Richmond Dispatch; Woman arrested for stealing valuable collection of wearing apparel
- 1864-09-02, Richmond Dispatch; Two injured in a buggy accident - horse took fright
- 1864-09-02, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported September 2, 1864
- 1864-09-02, Richmond Dispatch; Confederate States District Court business reported September 2, 1864
- 1864-09-01, Richmond Dispatch; Stolen items at the upper station house available to those who lost them
- 1864-09-01, Richmond Dispatch; Police four-month arrest statistics; slaves, free negroes, and whites,
- 1864-09-01, Richmond Dispatch; Arguments in the legal right to refuse to testify about a duel concludes
- 1864-09-01, Richmond Dispatch; Review and sham fight of the light artillery attached to the Richmond defences took place at Fairfield Race Course
- 1864-09-01, Richmond Dispatch; Police arrests reported September 1, 1864
- 1864-09-01, Richmond Dispatch; A flag, the handiwork of ladies from Shockoe Hill, presented in a stirring ceremony
- 1864-09-01, Richmond Dispatch; Deserter shot by a detective in the Provost-Marshal's office
- 1864-09-01, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported September 1, 1864 (Mayor absent)
- 1864-09-01, Richmond Dispatch; Arson destroys an entire block of stables and shops on Governor street
- 1864-08-31, Richmond Dispatch; Free negro arrested for grand larceny
- 1864-08-31, Richmond Dispatch; Shell exploded in the furnace of W. B. Cook's foundry, no injuries
- 1864-08-31, Richmond Dispatch; Soldier arrested while attempting to reach the enemy's lines
- 1864-08-31, Richmond Dispatch; Ladies of Shockoe Hill to present beautiful flag to Second regiment on the steps of City Hall
- 1864-08-31, Richmond Dispatch; A Duel is fought between a doctor and a Confederate officer - both wounded
- 1864-08-31, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 31, 1864 (Mayor absent)
- 1864-08-31, Richmond Dispatch; Summary of the proceedings of a called meeting of the City Council - salaries reported
- 1864-08-31, Richmond Dispatch; Contempt of Court arguments continue in County Court
- 1864-08-31, Richmond Dispatch; Confederate States District Court's opinion on mail contractor conscription
- 1864-08-30, Richmond Dispatch; Man arrested for stealing ladies and children's clothing
- 1864-08-30, Richmond Dispatch; General Lee orders a soldier transferred to South Carolina where it is alleged he is guilty of murder of a negro
- 1864-08-30, Richmond Dispatch; Mother and son sent to the grand jury in Henrico
- 1864-08-30, Richmond Dispatch; Eight men arrested while attempting to make their way to the Yankee lines
- 1864-08-30, Richmond Dispatch; Man arrested for stealing brass from the Confederate States artillery workshops
- 1864-08-30, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 30, 1864 (Mayor absent)
- 1864-08-30, Richmond Dispatch; Witness in Elmore/Daniel Dueling case found in contempt
- 1864-08-29, Richmond Dispatch; Police arrests
- 1864-08-29, Richmond Dispatch; In the last week two thousand and one hundred Yankee prisoners captured
- 1864-08-29, Richmond Dispatch; Store robbed of about ten thousand dollar's worth of coffee, sugar and wool
- 1864-08-29, Richmond Dispatch; Soldier arrested for stealing from little snack-house
- 1864-08-29, Richmond Dispatch; Two Yankees who succeeded in escaping from Belle Isle are recaptured
- 1864-08-29, Richmond Dispatch; Two stables in close proximity destroyed by arson - two fine horses killed
- 1864-08-29, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 29, 1864 (Mayor still absent)
- 1864-08-29, Richmond Dispatch; Witness unwilling to testify in the Elmore dueling case is argued in Henrico Court
- 1864-08-27, Richmond Dispatch; An old free negro had his pocket picked at the auction house
- 1864-08-27, Richmond Dispatch; The General Superintendent of the Southern Telegraph Company resigns
- 1864-08-27, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 27, 1864 - Mayor still absent
- 1864-08-27, Richmond Dispatch; Yankees attempt escape from Belle Isle - two killed, three wounded, one missing
- 1864-08-27, Richmond Dispatch; Confederate States District Court adjourns without disposing of any business
- 1864-08-27, Richmond Dispatch; Eighty-odd runaway negroes who were enlisted troops in Burnside's corps captured
- 1864-08-26, Richmond Dispatch; Man arrested for stealing a breastpin valued at $3,000
- 1864-08-26, Richmond Dispatch; Being no cases ready to be acted on, The Confederate States District Court had a short session
- 1864-08-26, Richmond Dispatch; Yankee officers captured at Tupelo, Mississippi committed to the Libby prison
- 1864-08-26, Richmond Dispatch; Dental patient attacks surgeon during examination
- 1864-08-26, Richmond Dispatch; Carpenter shop partially destroyed by arson
- 1864-08-26, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 26, 1864 - sick Mayor taking a short recreation in the country
- 1864-08-25, Richmond Dispatch; Sixty-four Yankee prisoners captured near Petersburg - two were officers
- 1864-08-25, Richmond Dispatch; Markets well supplied with vegetables, fresh meats, fowls, &c.
- 1864-08-25, Richmond Dispatch; Young girl gored by a cow - vicious cows are dangerous and should be kept off the street
- 1864-08-25, Richmond Dispatch; Keeper of a restaurant had a counterfeit one hundred dollar note passed upon him
- 1864-08-25, Richmond Dispatch; Captain Hardy Hendren appointed Judge Advocate of the court-martial
- 1864-08-25, Richmond Dispatch; Man arrested on the charge of forgery and desertion
- 1864-08-25, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 25, 1864 - Mayor still sick
- 1864-08-25, Richmond Dispatch; Two decisiones expected in the Confederate States District Court
- 1864-08-25, Richmond Dispatch; Supreme Court of Appeals reverses Hustings Court decision
- 1864-08-24, Richmond Dispatch; A shop on Eighteenth street was robbed of sugar, tea and money
- 1864-08-24, Richmond Dispatch; Confederate and Yankee prisoners transferred to Confederate States penitentiary in North Carolina
- 1864-08-24, Richmond Dispatch; Three slaves recaptured from the Yankees
- 1864-08-24, Richmond Dispatch; A slave was arrested on the charge of stealing one bushel of corn
- 1864-08-24, Richmond Dispatch; Flag-of-Truce boat brings five officers who were prisoners of war at the North
- 1864-08-24, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 24, 1864
- 1864-08-24, Richmond Dispatch; Confederate States District Court hears two habeas corpus cases
- 1864-08-23, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's police arrests reported on August 23, 1864
- 1864-08-23, Richmond Dispatch; Deserters report reat dissatisfaction in the Yankee army and possible open rebellion
- 1864-08-23, Richmond Dispatch; More Yankees captured near Petersburg; for lack of space, taken to Belle Isle
- 1864-08-23, Richmond Dispatch; City Council awards contracts to bakers for bread loaves at low cost to stop extortion
- 1864-08-23, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 23, 1864
- 1864-08-23, Richmond Dispatch; Confederate States District Court business reported August 23, 1864
- 1864-08-22, Richmond Dispatch; The only arrest yesterday was of a man who stole a breakfast already cooked for a family
- 1864-08-22, Richmond Dispatch; Over twenty-five hundred Yankees, including seventy-five officers, were captured near Petersburg
- 1864-08-22, Richmond Dispatch; A man belonging to the Maryland Line was arrested on the charge of being a spy
- 1864-08-22, Richmond Dispatch; While at church, a man's room was entered and his money stolen
- 1864-08-22, Richmond Dispatch; A cow-house burned down and the favorite milch cow suffered the loss of half her tail.
- 1864-08-22, Richmond Dispatch; Local hack drivers are overcharging in direct violation of law
- 1864-08-22, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 22, 1864
- 1864-08-22, Richmond Dispatch; Parties to the duel make their appearance in Henrico Court - One witness remains silent
- 1864-08-22, Richmond Dispatch; Important habeas corpus case releasing a man, recently elected Justice of the Peace, from service
- 1864-08-20, Richmond Dispatch; Thirty-odd Yankee prisoners captured, including three officers, at White Oak swamp
- 1864-08-20, Richmond Dispatch; Scheduled execution deferred so Governor can consider a commutation
- 1864-08-20, Richmond Dispatch; Old man committed to Castle Thunder for harboring a deserter, who was his son
- 1864-08-20, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 20, 1864
- 1864-08-20, Richmond Dispatch; Confederate States District Court business - one habeas corpus petition granted, one petitioner granted bail
- 1864-08-20, Richmond Dispatch; Accidental shooting at a House of Ill Fame
- 1864-08-19, Richmond Dispatch; "Confederate Spelling Book" with reading lessons for children is available
- 1864-08-19, Richmond Dispatch; Three men charged with attempting to cross the lines
- 1864-08-19, Richmond Dispatch; Thieves rob a hen house of young chickens and hens
- 1864-08-19, Richmond Dispatch; Yankees captured including a second lieutenant of Company G, Ninth United States (colored)
- 1864-08-19, Richmond Dispatch; A slave convicted of stealing several ladies dresses to be executed today.
- 1864-08-19, Richmond Dispatch; The advertised Richmond funeral of Brigadier-General Girardey cancelled
- 1864-08-19, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 19, 1864
- 1864-08-19, Richmond Dispatch; Confederate States District Court business - important decision regarding refugees
- 1864-08-19, Richmond Dispatch; The Mayor determines a man was an accessory to the duel based on a newspaper report
- 1864-08-18, Richmond Dispatch; Slave arrested on the charge of stealing a lot of sausage
- 1864-08-18, Richmond Dispatch; Four hundred Yankees, including twelve officers, were captured and sent to Libby prison
- 1864-08-18, Richmond Dispatch; Three soldiers sent to Castle Thunder for desertion and forgery
- 1864-08-18, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 18, 1864
- 1864-08-18, Richmond Dispatch; Arrests made in Henrico County
- 1864-08-18, Richmond Dispatch; Inquest held in the mysterious death of a small child alleged to be repeatedly cruelly beaten
- 1864-08-18, Richmond Dispatch; C.S. District Court hears argument whether a detective with the Provost Marshal of Richmond can be tried in a military court
- 1864-08-18, Richmond Dispatch; Dueling case witnesses examined in Mayor's Court, transferred to county magistrate
- 1864-08-17, Richmond Dispatch; A dozen Yankee prisoners were captured and taken to Libby Prison
- 1864-08-17, Richmond Dispatch; Dog Catchers were out again and captured a large number of strays
- 1864-08-17, Richmond Dispatch; Little children play a trick on a negro girl living in the family and frighten her - she may never recover
- 1864-08-17, Richmond Dispatch; Arrests made by the police yesterday
- 1864-08-17, Richmond Dispatch; A supposed spy was arrested and committed to Castle Thunder
- 1864-08-17, Richmond Dispatch; For the first time since passage of the law, men charged with trading in the currency of the enemy
- 1864-08-17, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 17, 1864
- 1864-08-17, Richmond Dispatch; Several habeas corpus cases heard in Confederate States District Court
- 1864-08-17, Richmond Dispatch; An important Case in the Confederate States District Court.
- 1864-08-17, Richmond Dispatch; A duel between John M. Daniel of the Richmond Examiner and E. C. Elmore, Treasurer of the Confederate States
- 1864-08-16, Richmond Dispatch; Flag-of-truce boat from Fortress Monroe scheduled to arrive
- 1864-08-16, Richmond Dispatch; Money is raised to be used in educating the children of deceased soldiers
- 1864-08-16, Richmond Dispatch; Two men were brought to Richmond and committed to Castle Thunder
- 1864-08-16, Richmond Dispatch; A steamer will leave her wharf at Rocketts for a pleasure trip to Drewry's Bluff
- 1864-08-16, Richmond Dispatch; A pickpocket robs a woman at the First market
- 1864-08-16, Richmond Dispatch; Three captured Frenchmen claim they were intoxicated and found themselves enlisted in the army
- 1864-08-16, Richmond Dispatch; A lady is severely injured after slipping on a piece of muskmelon rind
- 1864-08-16, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 16, 1864
- 1864-08-16, Richmond Dispatch; Final decision adverse to the petitioner rendered on the British subject's conscription case in C.S. District Court
- 1864-08-15, Richmond Dispatch; Man obtains a warrant to search a woman for a stolen item when he was actually the thief
- 1864-08-15, Richmond Dispatch; The way Butler treats Confederate deserters
- 1864-08-15, Richmond Dispatch; Arrests made by the city police
- 1864-08-15, Richmond Dispatch; Report of two robberies; one of a freight car and another of a soldier quartered at the Soldiers' Home
- 1864-08-15, Richmond Dispatch; List of Confederate Surgeons Received by Flag of Truce
- 1864-08-15, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 15, 1864
- 1864-08-15, Richmond Dispatch; Committee appointed by City Council to make bread available at lower prices has nearly completed their plans
- 1864-08-15, Richmond Dispatch; The Grounds of Indictment for Libel against the Editor and Reporter of a Newspaper
- 1864-08-15, Richmond Dispatch; Decisions of the Hustings Court of Magistrates before adjournment of the term reported on August 15, 1864
- 1864-08-15, Richmond Dispatch; Additional defence argument presented in the case concerning conscription of a domiciled foreigner
- 1864-08-13, Richmond Dispatch; A "hop" will be held in Ashland - there will be an extra train that evening back to Richmond
- 1864-08-13, Richmond Dispatch; Rice purchased by the State begins distribution
- 1864-08-13, Richmond Dispatch; One watchman discharged from the police, one reinstated
- 1864-08-13, Richmond Dispatch; Four hundred twenty-five wounded Yankees leave on the Flag-of-Truce boat
- 1864-08-13, Richmond Dispatch; Presentments rendered by the Grand Jury of the Hustings Court
- 1864-08-13, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 13, 1864
- 1864-08-13, Richmond Dispatch; Hustings Court of Magistrates proceedings reported on August 13, 1864.
- 1864-08-13, Richmond Dispatch; Richmond Circuit Court adjourned until Monday to secure the attendance of material witnesses
- 1864-08-12, Richmond Dispatch; A fire causes slight damage at a house on Arch street
- 1864-08-12, Richmond Dispatch; Fifty-odd recently captured Yankee prisoners sent to Libby Prison
- 1864-08-12, Richmond Dispatch; Woman arrested for corresponding with officers of the United States army is released
- 1864-08-12, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor will strictly enforce ordinance to stop hucksters and speculators from buying up large quantities of food at the markets
- 1864-08-12, Richmond Dispatch; Member of Crenshaw battery arrested for desertion, forgery, and attempting to kill a man
- 1864-08-12, Richmond Dispatch; Hustings Court of Magistrates cases reported August 12, 1864
- 1864-08-12, Richmond Dispatch; Important decision regarding British citizen conscription delivered, then suspended, and will be re-heard
- 1864-08-11, Richmond Dispatch; Flag-of-Truce boat arrives with a lieutenant colonel, thirty surgeons, two chaplains and two ladies
- 1864-08-11, Richmond Dispatch; Two men escape from persecution at the Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg that is under Yankee control
- 1864-08-11, Richmond Dispatch; Important decision on exemption from Confederate service by subject of Great Britain to be delivered today
- 1864-08-11, Richmond Dispatch; Confederate States District Court case of a woman charged with treasonable correspondence postponed
- 1864-08-11, Richmond Dispatch; After a search warrant was executed, a large amount of stolen property was discovered
- 1864-08-11, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor reinstates one Watchman, two others await his decision and remain suspended
- 1864-08-11, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 11, 1864
- 1864-08-11, Richmond Dispatch; The Grand Jury of the Hustings Court indicts eleven men for selling liquor
- 1864-08-11, Richmond Dispatch; Hustings Court of Magistrates cases reported on August 11, 1864
- 1864-08-11, Richmond Dispatch; A meeting of citizens of Richmond to devise a plan for relief for soldiers' families and the poor
- 1864-08-10, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 10, 1864
- 1864-08-10 Richmond Dispatch; A Richmond resident arrested for harboring deserters
- 1864-08-10, Richmond Dispatch; A Richmond citizen arrested making his way to the Yankee lines
- 1864-08-10, Richmond Dispatch; Deserters from our army were recaptured after a raid of Hunter's forces in the Valley
- 1864-08-10, Richmond Dispatch; Twenty-odd Burnside's negro troops, who were wounded, brought to this city
- 1864-08-10, Richmond Dispatch; The grand jury of the Hustings Court renders several true bills of indictment
- 1864-08-10, Richmond Dispatch; An infant, about four weeks old. is left on the front porch of a residence on Grace street
- 1865-10, Philadelphia Photographer; A view of the Burnt District of Richmond, Va.
- 1865-09, Philadelphia Photographer; Views in and around Richmond
- 1864-08-10, Richmond Dispatch; The Mayor investigates charges against two watchmen
- 1864-08-10, Richmond Dispatch; Hustings Court of Magistrates cases reported on August 10, 1864
- 1864-08-10, Richmond Dispatch; After Hunter's forces capture ten Confederates, General Early captures an equal number
- 1864-08-09, Richmond Dispatch; Correction to the article about the suicide last Saturday
- 1864-08-09, Richmond Dispatch; The evening passenger train on the Richmond and Danville railroad has been resumed
- 1864-08-09, Richmond Dispatch; Soldier with Company H, Nineteenth Virginia militia arrested for attempting to desert
- 1864-08-09, Richmond Dispatch; Further decline in prices at the Second Market although still too high - cost of meat and vegetables listed
- 1864-08-09, Richmond Dispatch; The North Carolina division of Winder Hospital received supplies to care for their soldiers from Governor Vance
- 1864-08-09, Richmond Dispatch; Hustings Court August term begins - three cases addressed
- 1864-08-09, Richmond Dispatch; A report on the business of the City Council meeting reported on August 9, 1864
- 1864-08-09, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 9, 1864
- 1864-08-08, Richmond Dispatch; Man arrested for whipping a servant he hired and causing his death.
- 1864-08-08, Richmond Dispatch; Account of two separate robberies
- 1864-08-08, Richmond Dispatch; A woman hung herself from the platform of the stairs leading from the first to the second story and died
- 1864-08-08, Richmond Dispatch; Boys examining a pistol accidently shoot the hand of a little fellow living nearby
- 1864-08-08, Richmond Dispatch; A kitchen fire on Leigh Street destroyed the upper story and roof of the building
- 1864-08-08, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 8, 1864
- 1864-08-08, Richmond Dispatch; Very gruesome account of a shell explosion at the foundry in Manchester - eight killed
- 1864-08-06, Richmond Dispatch; A slave charged with going at large - his purpose was to go to the Yankees
- 1864-08-06, Richmond Dispatch; A boy is caught with stolen Confederate States Treasury notes
- 1864-08-06, Richmond Dispatch; Women make a splendid Confederate flag for the 19th Virginia militia
- 1864-08-06, Richmond Dispatch; Methodist Church of Virginia organizing an orphan asylum for the children of deceased soldiers
- 1864-08-06, Richmond Dispatch; Man, for the sixth time, charged with desertion
- 1864-08-06, Richmond Dispatch; Two members of the 19th Virginia militia were arrested on the charge of attempting to go to the enemy.
- 1864-08-06, Richmond Dispatch; The cost of flour has decreased but bakers aren't reducing their prices
- 1864-08-06, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 6, 1864
- 1864-08-06, Richmond Dispatch; Richmond Circuit Court cases, August 5, 1864
- 1864-08-06, Richmond Dispatch; Judge Lyons decides a very important habeas corpus case about detailed conscripts.
- 1864-08-05, Richmond Dispatch; No business of any importance was transacted yesterday in the C. S. District Court
- 1864-08-05, Richmond Dispatch; Judge Lyons transacted no business in his Court yesterday
- 1864-08-05, Richmond Dispatch; Thieves enter a storeroom by lifting the blinds from a rear window and hoisting it.
- 1864-08-05, Richmond Dispatch; A new side wheel steamer has been put upon the James River canal
- 1864-08-05, Richmond Dispatch; Watermelon vendors are charging fifty times more than before the war
- 1864-08-05, Richmond Dispatch; The Middle District Association, composed of of twenty five Baptist churches, meets to help orphans of deceased soldiers
- 1864-08-05, Richmond Dispatch; Irish grave diggers at Hollywood Cemetery are on strike for higher wages
- 1864-08-05, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 5, 1864
- 1864-08-05, Richmond Dispatch; Two volumes about Stonewall Jackson's life to be published by Professor Dabney and proceeds to go to his family
- 1864-08-05, Richmond Dispatch; Soldier, after jumping from a train, doesn't stop when ordered and is shot.
- 1864-08-04, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 4, 1864
- 1864-08-04, Richmond Dispatch; Old issue Confederate notes can again be redeemed with the new
- 1864-08-04, Richmond Dispatch; Judge Lyons has returned to the Court and will resume unfinished business
- 1864-08-04, Richmond Dispatch; Contributions made for educating children of deceased and disabled soldiers
- 1864-08-04, Richmond Dispatch; Flowers and shrubbery are being pulled from graves and it must stop
- 1864-08-04, Richmond Dispatch; The rumor of a heavy defalcation involving millions of dollars in the Treasury Department is denied
- 1864-08-04, Richmond Dispatch; The nephew of Hon. Alexander R. Holladay was beaten and left for dead and his money stolen
- 1864-08-04, Richmond Dispatch; A man's leg is amputated after a severe accident at the C.S. Armory
- 1864-08-03, Richmond Dispatch; The steamer West Point, lying in the James river, will be sold at auction
- 1864-08-03, Richmond Dispatch; Five Yankees captured and sent to the Libby. No other incidents of interest occurred at the prisons
- 1864-08-03, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 3, 1864
- 1864-08-03, Richmond Dispatch; Henhouse is robbed of fifteen chickens - the heads of seven found in the yard
- 1864-08-03; Richmond Dispatch; Forty-odd prisoners from Castle Thunder transferred to the Confederate penitentiary at Salisbury, N. C.
- 1864-08-03, Richmond Dispatch; Three of his best sheep were stolen from Hon. James Lyons's farm in Henrico county
- 1864-08-03, Richmond Dispatch; A church in Henrico county destroyed by fire
- 1864-08-03, Richmond Dispatch; An account of a Romantic Marriage at the lines - the groom became a happy man.
- 1864-08-03, Richmond Dispatch; A woman is charged with harboring two deserters who were her sons-in-law
- 1864-08-03, Richmond Dispatch; A "spread" in the track caused three railroad cars to be thrown off
- 1864-08-02, Richmond Dispatch; A sutler of the Ninety-third Illinois regiment was sent here to be exchanged for a citizen of Petersburg
- 1864-08-02, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 2, 1864
- 1864-08-02, Richmond Dispatch; Petitioner's closing arguments delivered in the suit for exemption from military service
- 1864-08-01, Richmond Dispatch; Judge Lyons is still absent from the city
- 1864-08-01, Richmond Dispatch; Closing arguments postponed because petitioner's counsel is indisposed.
- 1864-08-01, Richmond Dispatch; A tapping operation was performed on a respected citizen who was suffering with dropsy
- 1864-08-01, Richmond Dispatch; Young man shot in the mouth has a lead minie ball removed from his tongue
- 1864-08-01, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported August 1, 1864
- 1864-08-01, Richmond Dispatch; The Governor refused to pardon a slave sentenced to transportation
- 1864-08-01, Richmond Dispatch; Capt. Eppes's blacksmith shop broken into for the fifth time this year - will employ a watchman
- 1864-08-01, Richmond Dispatch; Two military men were arrested for trying to bribe a government official for a passport
- 1864-08-01, Richmond Dispatch; The plan to supply beef at reduced prices has been implemented - cheerfulness and comfort will take the place of gloominess and want.
- 1864-08-01, Richmond Dispatch; Man charged with feloniously obtaining money to take five women across the lines
- 1864-07-30, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported July 30, 1864
- 1864-07-30, Richmond Dispatch; Two members of the 10th cavalry charged with murder
- 1864-07-30, Richmond Dispatch; Adroit thief steals money from a breast coat pocket at an auction
- 1864-07-30, Richmond Dispatch; Thirty odd Yankee prisoners captured at Deep Bottom and committed to Libby Prison
- 1864-07-30, Richmond Dispatch; The Governor of Virginia granted a pardon to a slave convicted of larceny by the Hustings Court
- 1864-07-30, Richmond Dispatch; The third version of a Manual of Military Surgery has been received and is appreciated
- 1864-07-30, Richmond Dispatch; Thieves try to steal groceries by cutting away bricks to enter the store, get money from the cash drawer.
- 1864-07-30, Richmond Dispatch; two young boys drown in the James River
- 1864-07-29, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported July 29, 1864
- 1864-07-29, Richmond Dispatch; Man charged with stealing housekeeping supplies will be taken before the Mayor
- 1864-07-29, Richmond Dispatch; A woman gave birth to three children at one birth, has previously had two sets of twins
- 1864-07-29, Richmond Dispatch; Due to continued illness in Judge Lyons's family, Court of Hustings was cancelled.
- 1864-07-29, Richmond Dispatch; A man was robbed of all his groceries in his basement storeroom
- 1864-07-29, Richmond Dispatch; Three fine cows stolen, likely for market purposes
- 1864-07-29, Richmond Dispatch; The Sheriff will receive reports of indigent soldiers and sailors in order for them to receive benefits
- 1864-07-29, Richmond Dispatch; The Confederate States District Attorney's argument against a man wanting to be relieved from conscription
- 1864-07-29, Richmond Dispatch; A special meeting of the City Council was held
- 1864-07-28, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported July 28, 1864
- 1864-07-28, Richmond Dispatch; Because of declining health the Captain of the 25th Virginia (City) Battalion has been compelled to resign.
- 1864-07-28, Richmond Dispatch; An accidental fire only required a few buckets of water to put out.
- 1864-07-28, Richmond Dispatch; The City Battalion declined to return to doing guard duty in and around Richmond
- 1864-07-28; Richmond Dispatch; Two Yankee officers and nineteen privates were captured and committed to Libby
- 1864-07-28, Richmond Dispatch: Jury of Inquest deemed unnecessary after finding the body of a possibly murdered male infant
- 1864-07-28, Richmond Dispatch; Two men sentenced to death for desertion are pardoned and sent back to their command.
- 1864-07-27, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor's Court cases reported July 27, 1864
- 1864-07-27, Richmond Dispatch; A soldier from the Louisiana mounted infantry was charged with committing a forgery
- 1864-07-27, Richmond Dispatch; An old white woman arrested for stealing, spitting, and threaning was committed to the upper station house to await a hearing before the Mayor
- 1864-07-27, Richmond Dispatch; Man arrested for pointing out the locality in which our troops have placed torpedoes and will face a Court Martial