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

Written Accounts

1862-12-20, Richmond Enquirer; man dies in Castle Thunder of "camp disease"
1862-12-29, Richmond Whig; Tredegar employee murders neighbor
1862-12-31, Richmond Enquirer; of the 200 wounded prisoners in the Libby hospital, only 25 have died
1863-01-01, Richmond Dispatch; Major Zinimeyer, 56Pa., died 12/31 at Libby Prison, of Fredericksburg wounds
1863-01-05, Richmond Dispatch; Jas. R. Burgoyne, 25th Va., died 1/3 at Castle Thunder
1863-01-07, Richmond Dispatch; Castle Thunder list: Allen Pitts & Jas. Collins, conscripts, on way to Camp Lee; Walter Withers, Fbg. Citizens, arrested by AP Hill for selling liquor, disloyalty, & conscription; J. Sweeny, A24Va., d. 1/5 in Castle Thunder
1863-01-09, Richmond Dispatch; Benjamin Filibates, 6th La., d. 1/8 at Castle Thunder
1863-01-13, Richmond Dispatch; City council: progress on smallpox/Howard’s Grove; Argument to enlarge city jail & strengthen it; City council wants Alms House back from CSA. Supt. says he buried 7120 soldiers in Oakwood
1863-01-15, Richmond Dispatch; little boy shot at basin dies. Inquest determines he was accidentally shot by unnamed man in D25VaBn, from location of Bennett’s warehouse, south side of basin & 9th sts.
1863-01-16, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor’s Court: drunk soldier smashes up City Railway car, slave of Wm. Lumpkin “ordered a thrashing” for assaulting a white person; General Winder’s office now on Main St., man who shot the little boy near the basin found

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