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

Written Accounts

1899-08-17, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond;” part five of serial account. Describes the scene in Richmond in early to mid-1863. Mentions hedonistic activity at the Exchange, Ballard and Spotswood hotels; prostitution and gambling flourishing
1899-09-21, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond” part seven of serialized account. Describes the tough economic conditions in Richmond in 1863 (with a nice description of the scene at the Old Market), the small-pox epidemic in Richmond
1900-07-12, National Tribune; good account of the fall of Richmond in 1865, by a boy who lived on Church Hill; notes that advancing Union troops were fired upon from convalescent patients from Chimborazo
1901-08-08, Richmond Times; Women’s Christian Association will give a lawn party tonight at the Van Lew mansion
1901-08-09, Richmond Dispatch; Women’s Christian Association gave a lawn party at the Van Lew mansion
1901-08-15, Richmond Times; lawn-party at the Van Lew mansion successful – will be repeated
1901-09-03, Richmond Times; Women’s Christian Association have decided to give another lawn party at the Van Lew house
1902-10-23, National Tribune; Capt. Beecham's good, but very bitter, account of life on Belle Isle after Gettysburg. Includes a copy of an article from Jackson Warner, Commissary in Richmond denying that prisoners were starved
1903-02-01, Richmond Times-Dispatch; more fundraising for Stuart monument
1904, History of the 2nd PA HA; Wilson, Clarence H., 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. Page 213 describes conditions of Libby Prison in winter 1864-65.

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