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

1868-05-30, Belvedere Baptist Church, where Bread Rioters once met, now too small for church purposes, and “is in wretched repair.”
1868-06-01, description of Decoration Day activities at Richmond National Cemetery. Article slightly critical of the proceedings, notes that 3000 participants, only 400 white and that the speakers used words “libelling us and insulting our own noble dead”
1868-06-01, General Schofield, military commander of Richmond, leaves Richmond to accept office of Secretary of War. Praise for him having “carried out the reconstruction laws faithfully”
1868-06-01, W. A. Hoppe, former keeper of the Chimborazo Bath House, and Richmond Unionist, states that he is only the half brother of the man in the Trueman-Hoppe case
1868-06-09, Richmond Dispatch; 1 white and 2 black boys fined for having a rock battle at Chimborazo
1868-06-23, Richmond Dispatch; description of the baptism of 25 colored persons in Bloody Run – after baptisms, immense throng goes to “Chimborazo church”
1868-06-27, Southern Opinion; excellent article describing the beer gardens in town, with lengthy description of the “Hermitage Trotting Park,” formerly Camp Lee. Describes the current conditions and compares them with the wartime usages.
1868-08-04, Brown Memoir - Garnett; notes on a post-war meeting with Dr. A. Y. P. Garnett; Garnett says many "officers of high rank" tried to get him to talk to Pres. Davis on their behalf because he had "the President's ear."
1868-08-04, Richmond Dispatch; Libby Prison will be abandoned as a prison
1868-08-07, Richmond Dispatch; important details about Bellevue Hospital – once a hospital, then a place of voting, now a residence for freedmen

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