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

Written Accounts

1874-09-25, Richmond Dispatch; list of equipment to be sold at the Chimborazo Hill Brewery
1880-12-02, Weekly Kansas Chief (Troy, Kan.); Libby Prison sold at auction to James T. Gray for $6,725. Gives a very good history of the prison and its postwar history. Castle Godwin and Lumpkins’ Alley mentioned, along with dimensions of Libby’s rooms.
1882-09-02, National Tribune; description of harsh conditions on Belle Isle and brief account of the "dog slaying" incident
1883-04-01, Richmond Dispatch; incredibly detailed recollections of the evacuation of Richmond – gives reliable chronology of events of the fire and occupation
1883-09-13, National Tribune; description of prison life at Castle Thunder and "Royster House" (GH#20)
1883, "Bearing Arms in the 27th Mass. Regt. of Vol. Inf. During the Civil War 1861-1865"; Derby, W. P., 1883 memoir detailing life in Libby Prison in May, 1864
1884-01-24, National Tribune; account of the capture of the 4th New Jersey at Gaines' Mill, and subsequent imprisonment in Libby Prison and Belle Isle is the summer of 1862
1884-02-14, National Tribune; brief account of prisoner's experience in Libby, Pemberton, Belle Isle, and Andersonville; notes that small pox broke out in Pemberton
1884-02-14, National Tribune; description of how Belle Isle was set up as a prison by captured Gaines' Mill prisoners from Libby
1884, Beach, History of the Fortieth Ohio...; letter (J. M. Wasson) describing arrival at Libby after capture at Missionary Ridge and subsequent escape through the Libby Prison tunnel

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