Deaths
Information about deaths in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1862-05-22, Richmond Dispatch; details of murder at the "tall white brick house on the left hand side of Main street, where the street turns towards Rocketts
1862-05-23, Richmond Dispatch; Edward Conner, 21 Miss, stabbed to death at Rocketts - dies at 4th Georgia Hospital
1862-05-23, Richmond Enquirer; coroner's inquest held at the Fourth Georgia Hospital
1862-05-27, Richmond Enquirer; body servant of G. W. Alexander died from an accidental gunshot wound
1862-06-04, Richmond Dispatch; long article on RR accident in city, on 8th st - two injuries, canal bridge damaged, etc. On tracks connecting R&P w/ RF&P. Also boy run over on Broad, on connecting tracts between RF&P & Va. Cent.
1862-06-05, Richmond Dispatch; death notice for Lucy Elizabeth Pollard, wife of Dr. S. E. Habersham
1862-06-05, Richmond Enquirer; description of accidents involving freeloading boys on the new connecting railway between the Central road and the RF&P up Broad street.
1862-06-05, Richmond Whig; 103 patients are at the Kent Hospital (GH#5); list of six soldiers who have died there
1862-06-10, Richmond Enquirer; editorial urging appointment of someone to look after deceased soldiers' effects. Relates a grim incident at Chimborazo.
1862-06-10, Richmond Whig; appeal for a listing of patients in Richmond - mentions the difficulty in canvassing the many hospitals and the “streets of sick and wounded” at Camp Winder and Chimborazo

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