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

Written Accounts

1862-05-09, Richmond Dispatch; car on city railway collapses, Main betw 13 & 14 - horsedrawn
1862-05-13, Richmond Dispatch; body found - little daughter of John Roberts, Belle Isle foundry
1862-05-19, Richmond Dispatch; free negro servant of Dr. E. G. Higginbotham at Libby Prison hospital killed by sentinel
1862-05-20, Richmond Dispatch; little boy hurt by falling from wall at St. John’s Churchyard
1862-05-26, Richmond Dispatch; accidental shooting in front of Exchange Hotel
1862-06-04, Richmond Dispatch; long article on RR accident in city, on 8th st - two injuries, canal bridge damaged, etc. On tracks connecting R&P w/ RF&P. Also boy run over on Broad, on connecting tracts between RF&P & Va. Cent.
1862-06-05, Richmond Enquirer; description of accidents involving freeloading boys on the new connecting railway between the Central road and the RF&P up Broad street.
1862-06-07, Richmond Enquirer; accident at the Petersburg RR depot - man's leg maimed by incoming train. Taken to Bird Island Hospital
1862-06-20, Richmond Dispatch; "the" city rail car breaks down "at the turning on Main street."
1862-06-24, Richmond Dispatch; Josephine Rupert, lady making “equipments for the soldiers” at St. Paul’s Church falls through trap door in belfry - not badly injured

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