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

Written Accounts

1865-09-27, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; Atlantic Base Ball Club is organizing at the Female Institute and will play today “at their grounds on Franklin street, just above Stuart Hospital.”
1866-02-01, Richmond Examiner; Governor Pierpont will hold his first public reception at the Governor’s mansion this evening.
1866-02-03, Richmond Examiner; very lengthy and descriptive account of a Loyal Union hop at the Spotswood Hotel. Names of many attendees, including John Van Lew, Erasmus Ross, and many others
1866-02-05, Richmond Examiner; editorial announcing reprint and expansion of the account of the Loyal hop at the Spotswood and commentary from Richmond women
1866-02-05, Richmond Examiner; Republication and expansion of very lengthy and descriptive account of a Loyal Union hop at the Spotswood Hotel. Names of many attendees, including John Van Lew, Erasmus Ross, and many others (greatly expanded since earlier
1866-03-08, Richmond Examiner; mastodon bones are on exhibition at the feed store of Mr. Turner, opposite Castle Thunder. Samuel Maccubbin is showing the specimens to the curious
1866-03-12, Richmond Examiner; bones on exhibition at the feed store of Robert Turner, opposite Castle Thunder are considered to be elephantine, and potentially prehistoric
1866-04-20, Richmond Examiner; mastodon bones in the possession of Samuel Maccubbin have been pronounced authentic
1866-04, The Cosmopolite, “Reminiscences of A Southern Hospital. By Its Matron.” Part 4
1868-01-23, Richmond Dispatch; General Schofield entertains the Peabody educational fund at his residence, the White House of the Confederacy. General Grant implied present

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