Entertainment
Information about entertainment in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1864-10-25, Richmond Sentinel; steamer Schultz has been refitted and will resume trips down the river
1864-10-25, Richmond Whig; steamer Schultz has been rebuilt, and will resume trips to and from Drewry's Bluff
1864-11-01, Richmond Sentinel; praise for the little steamer Parker, which makes excursions to Chaffin's and Drewry's Bluff
1865-01-02, Richmond Whig; description of a cock-fight “in the cock-pit in the yard of Omohundro’s jail, near Seabrook’s hospital, in the presence of several hundred lovers of the sport.”
1865-01-06, Richmond Whig; condemnation of parties and balls amongst the upper class
1865-04-18, Richmond Whig; Metropolitan Hall leased to a “minstrel troupe from Baltimore” – other Baltimore company looking at Monticello Hall
1865-07-01, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; decription of touring Richmond’s west end in hot weather. Mentions Glen Burnie, the Kilpatrick Raid battlefield, Euker’s “fine drinking establishment” at Buchanan Springs, and the present state of the fortificatio
1865-07-01, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; immense baby, weighing two hundred pounds and two years old, to be exhibited at the corner of Main and 19th streets
1865-07-06, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; description of the Fourth of July in Richmond – lengthy description of Mary Walker’s appearance while (inaudibly) reading the Declaration of Independence. Description of other addresses at Capitol Square, and excu
1865-07-06, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; Steamer Allison took an excursion to Dutch Gap for the Fourth of July

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