1865 Written Accounts
Written accounts from various sources about Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

1865-09-02, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; Provost Judge’s court is in the “Old Stone House” – Mary Lazarena, trespasser, assaults man with stones
1865-09-05, Richmond Whig; details about the wrecks at Rocketts – call for their removal
1865-09-05, Richmond Whig; details on improvements at the Spotswood and Exchange hotels. Exchange and St. Charles are competing to see who will reopen first
1865-09-08, Richmond Whig; Rebecca Chandler, “the great trouble of the police court in Confederate days” arrested and sent to Castle Thunder for “habitual drunkenness, being disorderly and abusing everybody and everything she came across and in contact wi
1865-09-11, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; William Seward visits Richmond briefly – arrived on the River Queen
1865-09-12, Richmond Whig; excellent description of the ruined Confederate Armory site. Mentions Gorgas lived in a “fine house” in the yard
1865-09-12, Richmond Whig; William H. Seward, Secretary of State, arrives in Richmond aboard the River Queen, stays “several hours” at the Governor’s mansion, tours the city, then leaves
1865-09-15, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; Jackson Hospital is “finally broken up” and “worst patients” are sent to St. Francis de Sales
1865-09-16, National Archives; F. H. Pierpoint (Gov. of VA) urges the pardon of J. R. Anderson
1865-09-18, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; proposals are being taken to reopen the Medical College Hospital

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