Articles from the Richmond Examiner
Index of selected articles from the Richmond Examiner during the Civil War.

1866-02-01, Richmond Examiner; editorial column about the influx of vice in Richmond
1866-02-01, Richmond Examiner; Governor Pierpont will hold his first public reception at the Governor’s mansion this evening.
1866-02-01, Richmond Examiner; Provost Court cases – two drunken soldiers, rock-throwing negro, and two other negro thieves sent to Libby Prison
1866-02-02, Richmond Examiner; adv. for the Spotswood Hotel with details on the management
1866-02-02, Richmond Examiner; body of 24th MA solider found in the river at the foot of 18th street. Body placed in the “dead room” at Libby Prison
1866-02-02, Richmond Examiner; details on the organization of the new Public Guard – to guard “the Capitol, the Bell House and the Square.” The Penitentiary is now their “rendezvous,” but their jurisdiction does not yet extend there
1866-02-02, Richmond Examiner; trial of Maggie Mitchell, the accordion-playing, officer-threatening, gun-brandishing “bad character” from Camp Lee. She found “very guilty, but on account of having no place wherein to confine white women, she was released…
1866-02-03, Richmond Examiner; Castle Thunder is now “a prison for negro female offenders”
1866-02-03, Richmond Examiner; prostitutes have been ejected from the United States Hotel (former GH#10)
1866-02-03, Richmond Examiner; very lengthy and descriptive account of a Loyal Union hop at the Spotswood Hotel. Names of many attendees, including John Van Lew, Erasmus Ross, and many others

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