City Government
Information about the city government in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1862-11-01, Richmond Dispatch; thieves rob City Hall
1862-11-17, Richmond Dispatch; Police raid Ann Thomas’, scene of above killing. Arrest everyone.
1862-11-19, William A. Carrington Papers; Inspection Report of General Hospital #1
1862-11-24, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor’s Court items: 2 soldiers fighting on theatre steps sent to Castle Thunder; Michael Rourke, 1TX, thief, sent to Castle Thunder; T. W. Hoenniger (keeping billiard tables without license) charges dropped
1862-11-26, Richmond Dispatch; City council minutes: quarter ending 10/31/1862 at Shockoe – 291 white males, total interned – 384, plus 189 negroes;
1862-12-09, Richmond Dispatch; City Council: discusses CSA smallpox hospital, now near corner 25th & Cary; 798 kegs of powder in city magazine; sells settees from Mechanics’ Hall to Govt., for use of patients at Chimborazo Hospital
1862-12-13, Richmond Dispatch; Dr. Carrington, CSA, in charge smallpox hospital, corner 25th & Cary, addresses city council – valuable details on his Hospital & Howard’s Grove
1863-01-12, Richmond Dispatch; separate small-pox hospital has been opened for negroes at Howard's Grove by the city council
1863-01-12, Richmond Dispatch; smallpox hospital for negroes opened at Howard's Grove
1863-01-12, Richmond Dispatch; special smallpox hospital for negroes opened at Howard’s Grove, free & slave. Old smallpox Hospital near Shockoe Cemetery

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