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

1866-03-09, Richmond Examiner; James Ford, white youth, arrested for being part of “the Chimborazo Hill negro riots of Friday night last.” About a dozen others were also charged
1866-03-09, Richmond Examiner; very detailed account of the recent race riot at Chimborazo Hill
1866-03-10, Richmond Examiner; details of the trial of the Chimborazo rioters – one man will stand trial before the Provost Judge, all others have been released
1866-03-12, Richmond Examiner; bones on exhibition at the feed store of Robert Turner, opposite Castle Thunder are considered to be elephantine, and potentially prehistoric
1866-03-12, Richmond Examiner; negro woman prisoner shot by guards at Libby Prison, probably mortally
1866-03-13, Richmond Examiner; case of John Green, charged as the “ring-leader of the Chimborazo Hill riot” continued, and he committed
1866-03-13, Richmond Examiner; negro woman shot by the guard at Libby Prison not as badly wounded as first reported. She at the “freedmen’s hospital.”
1866-03-13, Richmond Examiner; new house numbering system to commence (leading to the addresses known today)
1866-03-13, Richmond Examiner; William Cabell, VMI New Market Cadet, disinterred and brought to Richmond. Funeral to occur from his father’s house, Franklin between 7th and 8th
1866-03-14, Richmond Examiner; description of the funeral and reburial in Hollywood, of William H. Cabell, VMI New Market cadet

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