Accidents
Information about accidents in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1863-04-06, Richmond Examiner; Canal Basin bridge at 8th street, which collapsed under the weight of passing Yankee prisoners, is annoying by its absence
1863-04-13, Richmond Sentinel; body of a Laboratory explosion victim found in the "race leading to Haxall’s mills." Notes that 50 deaths have thus far resulted from the explosion
1863-04-20, Richmond Dispatch; Alexander Johnson, employee at Arsenal, sucked into lathe and injured.
1863-04-20, Richmond Sentinel; workman at the Confederate Arsenal severely injured by getting caught in a turning lathe
1863-04-28, Richmond Dispatch; Cook’s iron foundry, 8th St., employed destroying condemned shells
1863-04-29, Richmond Dispatch; details of big RDRR accident in Chesterfield County. Engine ran over a cow, rear cars tumbled down embankment
1863-04-29, Richmond Sentinel; Eighth Street bridge over the canal has been rebuilt after its collapse during transfer of prisoners
1863-04-30, Richmond Dispatch; 3 soldiers under guard on way to Castle Thunder injured in RDRR accident. Not named. All sent to GH#13 on 20th st., the hospital “attached to Castle Thunder.”
1863-05-15, Richmond Dispatch; James Gorman, Walker’s Bn. Accidentally shoots himself – camped on “eminence west of the Friend’s Meeting House.”
1863-05-16, Richmond Dispatch; large column on fire at Crenshaw Mills

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