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

Written Accounts

1864-04-23, Richmond Examiner; 40 acre vegetable garden at Jackson Hosp.; now library wanted
1864-05-02, National Archives; Sick and wounded at Chimborazo who will not be ready for duty in 10 days will be sent to other hospitals outside of Richmond
1864-05-02, Richmond Whig; 380 returned Confederate prisoners arrive at Rocketts. The enlisted men are taken to Chimborazo Hospital, and the officers are taken either to private quarters or the "Officers’ hospital"
1864-05-05, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VII, pp. 116-119; Union report of sufferings on Belle Isle
1864-05-13, Richmond Examiner; more wounded arriving at GH#9 and Howard's Grove
1864-05-23, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VII, pp. 80-81; Reprint of letter to the New York Times entitled "Prison Life in Richmond - It's Cruelties."
1864-05-24, Richmond Enquirer; several new hospitals for prisoners opened, 800 patients in them now and increasing
1864-05-26, Richmond Whig; praise of Chimborazo, Winder, Jackson and Howard’s Grove Hospitals, and states that there is ample space in those hospitals to accommodate any contingency; criticizes an unnamed hospital for lack of attention to patients
1864-05-26, Richmond Whig; VMI cadets were quartered at Camp Lee before being put under Brig. Gen. Custis Lee's command and given new uniforms by the Secretary of War
1864-05-27, Alexander Hunter, Johnny Reb and Billy Yank; Excerpt from Hunter's book describes his three day stay in Chimborazo. Very negative portrayal of Chimborazo.

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