Charity
Information about charity in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1865-03-03, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VIII, pp. 337-353; Report of the joint select committee appointed to investigate the condition and treatment of prisoners of war.
1865-04-07, Richmond Whig; 8 paupers at the Alms House were killed in the city magazine explosion
1865-04-10, New York Times; incredible dispatches from Richmond describing the early days of Richmond’s occupation, Lincoln’s visit and the visits of other dignitaries.
1865-04-13, New York Herald; excellent letter from Richmond describing the Federal occupation of Richmond, mentions Tredegar, former slaves, Rocketts, former rebel hospitals (Chimborazo, Jackson, Stuart)
1865-04-13, New York Herald; lengthy dispatches from Richmond detailing conditions there, Dahlgren’s body being recovered and sent north, Tredegar, prisons, and Lincoln’s plan for peace
1865-04-15, Richmond Whig; incredible list of the property destroyed in the evacuation
1865-04-17, Boston Post; dispatch describing the response to Lee’s surrender in Richmond, losses due to the evacuation fire, crimes in the city and information about life in Richmond generally
1865-04-20, Richmond Whig; circular order “to the unemployed poor of Richmond” clarifying responsibilities of Freedmen, and the army’s standards for the issuance of rations
1865-04-20, Richmond Whig; Confederate Reading Room, 11th street, destroyed in the evacuation fire. New reading room established next to Pizzini’s on Broad street, under auspices of YMCA
1865-04-20, U. S. Sanitary Commission; Sanitary Commission gives very detailed account of Jackson Hospital, contrasting it to Belle Isle

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