Food & Supply
Information about Food & Supply in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1863-04-24, Richmond Dispatch; small crowd at recent Sycamore Church gathering – Male Orphan Society
1863-04-25, Richmond Dispatch; E. Holzinger near Battery No. 8 finds stray cow
1863-04-27, Richmond Dispatch; Robert Forde’s murder trial is continued until Monday, awaiting the verdict of the Coroner’s jury; prostitute arrested at theater
1863-04-28, National Archives; important details about rations issued by the provost marshal at Manchester and the staff thereof. Wirtz mentioned
1863-04-28, Richmond Dispatch; Cook’s iron foundry, 8th St., employed destroying condemned shells
1863-04-28, Richmond Dispatch; Miss Laura Gordon before Mayor for being engaged in recent riot. Case continued.
1863-04-29, Richmond Dispatch; CSA Arsenal receives for safekeeping the Fayette Artillery brass six-pounder, in use since 1836. Replaced by Napoleons. Arsenal also has a “brass rifled Dahlgren howitzer” ex-Richmond Howitzer
1863-04-7, Richmond Dispatch; ladies in charge of Robertson Hospital ask for milk from area farms
1863-04, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. V, pp. 871-924; Evidence taken before the committee of the House of Representatives of the Confederate States appointed to inquire into the treatment of prisoners at Castle Thunder (large, pdf attached)
1863-05-01, Richmond Sentinel; St. Charles Hotel has been taken by the Georgia Hospital and Relief Association

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