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

1864-07-18, Richmond Whig; the anti-liquor law case of William F. Corkley, proprietor of the Spotswood Hotel, is dismissed
1864-07-19, Richmond Whig; more on the case of Lindsay, the man who attempted to buy supplies in the name of Chimborazo Hospital; McCaw denies that he was working for the hospital, but Lindsay produces papers that gains him his release
1864-07-20, Richmond Whig; attractive female spy is committed to Castle Thunder
1864-07-21, Richmond Whig; Dr. O. F. Manson's house was broken into by a slave and robbed of 400 pounds of bacon
1864-07-23, Richmond Whig; slave who broke into Dr. O. F. Manson's house was released
1864-07-26, Richmond Whig; notes on Dr. Mary Walker parading the streets, on the way to Gen. Gardner's office seeking a parole. Also remarks on her lack of good looks and elicit correspondence while here
1864-07-28, Richmond Whig; notice that John Van Lew has deserted to the Yankees
1864-07-29, Richmond Whig; Detective Boyd has been thrown in Castle Thunder for trying to bribe another detective not to mention that he had seen a prominent member of the treasury department go into a faro bank [probably R. C. Elmore]
1864-07-29, Richmond Whig; excellent paragraph on the severe beating of a negro Arsenal worker by the foreman of the Smith Shop there for stealing copper. Gives interesting statements regarding the treatment of negroes
1864-07-29, Richmond Whig; more details on the desertion of John Van Lew - notes that he vanished near Studley, during the Battle of Cold Harbor

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