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

1865-09-25, Brooklyn (NY) Daily Eagle; Union spy Mary Jane Richards, using pseudonym 'Richmonia R. St. Peirre,' describes Richmond during the war.
1865-10-07, Anglo-African; Union spy Mary Jane Richards, using pseudonym 'Richmonia Richards,' describes wartime Richmond to an audience in New York.
1866 (ca.), The Camp, the Battle Field, and the Hospital...; by Linus P. Brockett; excerpt (by John F. Porter) describes the author's part in the famous Libby Prison escape and subsequent journey to Williamsburg
1866-01-01, Richmond Examiner; important description of 24 hours of “outlawry” in Richmond. Woman shot at the United States Hotel, now a brothel. Same shooter then shoots a policeman on 17th street. Man shot and robbed by three soldiers in his store. 24th
1866-01-03, Richmond Examiner; ad for Rees & Brother’s photographic establishment, “opposite the Spotswood Hotel,” corner 8th and Main
1866-01-03, Richmond Examiner; fire at Castle Thunder – no serious damage. Notes that negroes were being housed there and tried to escape
1866-01-04; Richmond Examiner; description of arrivals in Richmond, including Gen. Joseph E. Johnston at the Spotswood Hotel; others at the Exchange
1866-01-06, The National Freedman; letter from Richmond soliciting donations of shoes from the North for Freedmen. Notes on conditions at Chimborazo.
1866-01-09, Richmond Examiner; General William Mahone is in town at the Exchange Hotel
1866-01-09, Richmond Examiner; negro who stole braids from the “brewery near Chimborazo Hospital” is sent to Castle Thunder for sixty days

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