Other Sources
Index of selected articles from other sources that pertain to Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

1863-11-18, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VI, pp. 544-548; report of number of prisoners in Richmond as well as provisions issued to prisoners
1863-11-23, Official Records, Series II, Vol VI, page 1086; Carrington reiterates Texas Hospital not fit for prison use, and requests that GHs #20 & #23 be used as prison hospitals.
1863-11-26, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VI, pp. 572-574; Conditions at Libby and Belle Isle described
1863-11-27, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VI, pp. 586-588; Complaint on conditions at Belle Isle and Libby; also report on mortality at Belle Isle from Carrington (to Winder)
1863-12-03, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VI, pp. 642-643; rations at Libby
1863-12-05, Harper’s Weekly; article describing Belle Isle, and providing a highly propagandized engraving of the prison camp. Article describes suffering on Belle Isle, and mentions that 43 men are dying in Richmond hospitals each day
1863-12-17, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VI, pp. 1086-87; General Hospital #10 is ordered to be closed; stores from the Texas Hospital are sought to alleviate suffering in GH#10
1863-12-18, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VI, p. 1086-87; Medical Director Carrington directs GH #10 closed as a hospital
1863, Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War; prisoner's account of harsh treatment in Richmond. Notes that while at the General Hospital (GH#1) he was well-treated; at the tobacco warehouse he was not.
1864-01-20, Official Records, Ser. I, Vol LI/2, p. 812; illegal recruiting is occurring among the convalescents at Jackson Hospital

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