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

Written Accounts

1901-12-07, Richmond Dispatch; notes on the death of Richard R. Turner in Isle of Wight County and gives some details of his life
1901-12-08, Richmond Dispatch; description of the escape of Richard R. "Dick" Turner from Libby Prison, after the close of the war. Includes engraving of Turner
1901-12-24, St. Louis Republic; outstanding description of the last building of Chimborazo, still standing and occupied by a former slave. States that after the war, the “the negroes took possession” of the hospital buildings, and stayed there
1902-09-25, Richmond Times; obituary notice for A. S. Bradley, former member of the Richmond Howitzers who was an assistant for photographer David Anderson after the war “for many years”
1902-10-23, National Tribune; Capt. Beecham's good, but very bitter, account of life on Belle Isle after Gettysburg. Includes a copy of an article from Jackson Warner, Commissary in Richmond denying that prisoners were starved
1902-10-23, National Tribune; notes from a former Libby Prisoner, who commanded the prison after the occupation of Richmond; mentions Dick Turner being imprisoned there.
1903-06-09, Alexandria Gazette; obituary notice for Capt. Martin M. Lipscomb, who “had the contract for burying the Confederate dead,” and assisted the Van Lew effort to exhume Col. Dahlgren from Oakwood
1903-07-30, National Tribune; letter from a soldier in Libby Prison mentioning the dearth of food for the prisoners
1903-10-15, National Tribune; diary entry describes Dick Turner stealing money from the prisoners at Pemberton Prison; mentions Libby.
1904-01-07, National Tribune; former prisoner at Pemberton and Belle Isle says that Belle Isle was worse than Andersonville, and that dead prisoners would be frozen stiff to the ground

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