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

Written Accounts

1866, The Lost Cause, A New Southern History of the War...; by Edward A. Pollard; this excerpt reprints the southern Congress' response to the prisoner issue, written in 1865. Describes Libby Prison, General Hospital #21, and Belle Isle
1867-08-10, Southern Opinion; description of Belle Isle as a prison camp – notes on the cemetery, the origins of the prison,the current state of the island
1867-08-28, Richmond Dispatch; statistics of rations issued by the Freedmen’s Bureau for the month of July – many more issued to whites
1867-11-23, Southern Opinion; “Castle Thunder in Bellum Days;” gives an outstanding account of Castle Thunder, prominent prisoners (including Mary Walker) and its’ staff (including physical descriptions); mentions Oakwood Cemetery, Castle Godwin
1869-08-20, Richmond Dispatch; adv for strayed or stolen cow from Chimborazo
1870-10-08, Columbia (SC) Daily Phoenix; the guns of the USS Cumberland have been raised and taken to Tredegar to be converted into rails and car wheels (!)
1870, Thomas Bean Letter; excerpt of reminiscence of Belle Isle prisoner from 1864. Excellent details on intake of prisoners and layout of Belle Isle.
1871-07-27, Charleston (SC) Daily News; The Tredegar Iron Works are turning out five tons to every one before the war
1871-11-17, Richmond Daily State Journal; Old Dominion Iron and Nail Works on Belle Isle is expanding, and getting its iron from the Adirondacks.
1872-03-14, Richmond Dispatch; city dumping coal cinders to make sidewalks near Chimborazo – children scooping up the usable lumps

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