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

Written Accounts

1862-06-11, Richmond Dispatch; patient at Chimborazo, denied a furlough, cuts his own throat
1862-06-18, Richmond Dispatch; nice paragraph on the “new and beautiful” Oakwood Cemetery
1862-06-20, Richmond Enquirer; Seven Pines wounded cleared from hospitals; less than 900 under treatment; mortality small; half ready for service
1862-06-24, Richmond Enquirer; "shocking outrage" at Oakwood Cemetery - bodies are left out in the open due to lack of hands to bury them quickly
1862-06-24, Richmond Whig; many unburied bodies are lying outside at Oakwood Cemetery
1862-06-25, Richmond Dispatch; Georgian confined in the “guard house of the Western District, corner of 6th and Cary,” shot and killed while trying to escape
1862-06-25, Richmond Enquirer; man shot and killed while attempting to escape from the C. S. Prison at the corner of 6th and Cary Streets (Castle Booker/Castle Lightning)
1862-06-25, Richmond Enquirer; soldier attempts to kill himself and is taken to the St. Charles Hospital
1862-06-26, Richmond Dispatch; Capt. J. DeLagnel, "Commdt of Post" at Batty #8, passes resolutions on death of Capt. E. F. Bowyer, Botetourt Arty. Lt. A. Austin Smith part of Committee
1862-06-28, Richmond Dispatch; 18 dead from 48 NC buried in Oakwood Cemetery. Chaplain McCabe presides.

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