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

Written Accounts

1867-06-05, Richmond Dispatch; lengthy and important article describing the work of the Oakwood Ladies’ Memorial Association. Chimborazo mentioned
1867-07-16, Richmond Dispatch; lengthy and detailed article about the colored schools in Richmond. First African Baptist Church has an enormous school, Chimborazo has a “normal high school” to train teachers.
1867-08-23, Richmond Dispatch; description of the festival to rebuild Beulah Church at Cold Harbor – held at Dr. Gaines’ house; Robert Stiles speaks
1867-08-27, Richmond Whig; city of Richmond to support those negroes who were here at the time of the evacuation, not those who came afterwards
1867-08-28, Richmond Dispatch; statistics of rations issued by the Freedmen’s Bureau for the month of July – many more issued to whites
1869-05-11, Richmond Dispatch; Oakwood Memorial Association to investigate the claims of unburied dead at Malvern Hill and Fort Harrison
1869-05-14, Richmond Dispatch; Oakwood Memorial Assocition is making arrangements for the neglected dead at Fort Harrison and Malvern Hill to be buried at Oakwood – money needed
1869-05-18, Richmond Dispatch; committee formed to work with the ladies’ memorial associations about the unburied dead at Fort Harrison and Malvern Hill
1871-05-18, Richmond Dispatch; lengthy description of Memorial Day at Hollywood – notes the unburied dead from Fort Harrison have been placed east of the pyramid on the side of a hill
1889-08-15, National Tribune; part one of a two-part memoir by Capt. J. W. Chamberlain, 123rd Ohio, describing at length his imprisonment in Libby Prison

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