Assaults and Shootings
Information about Assaults and Shootings in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1864-10-31, Richmond Whig; man shot and killed while trying to escape from the guards who were taking him to Castle Thunder
1864-11-01, Richmond Sentinel; details on the killing of the soldier who tried to escape while being taken to Castle Thunder
1864-11-25, Richmond Whig; murder of a little boy by a nurse at General Hospital #9
1864-11-30, Richmond Dispatch; Forde’s case again postponed “for reasons deemed sufficient to the court”
1864-12-12, Richmond Sentinel; a conductor on the Fredericksburg railroad is shot by a criminal and dies at the "officers’ hospital (City Alms House)." Gives a list of the doctors who treated him
1864-12-27, Richmond Dispatch; trial of Forde again postponed owing to the inability to produce witnesses and jurors
1864-12-31, Richmond Sentinel; prisoner at Libby killed in accident
1864-12-31, Richmond Whig; prisoner at Libby accidentally killed by "the accidental explosion of a musket" while the inspector was examining it in the basement of Libby
1865-01-03, Richmond Sentinel; member of the Tredegar Battalion, now stationed near Fort Harrison, attempts to desert to the enemy and is shot and killed
1865-01-09, Richmond Whig; two market carts carrying escaping slaves captured on Nine Mile road

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