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

Written Accounts

1886, Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries; July-December 1886; Interesting, and fair, account of a surgeon confined in Libby during 1863; notes on T. P. Turner's obesity(?)
1887-01-06, National Tribune; good description of the "dog slaying" episode on Belle Isle
1887-05-18, Philadelphia Weekly Times; very good description of the political circumstances surrounding prisoners of war during the war from one of the Libby tunnel escapees. Gives only a few snippets of Libby details
1887-06-09, Toledo Blade; gives description of life on Belle Isle in late 1863 and early 1864; includes account of the dog-slaying incident; mentions that he was also in Pemberton Prison for a brief time
1888-02-15, Richmond Dispatch; incredibly important article objecting to the removal of Libby Prison to Chicago. Includes the (long) letter of US Capt. James Stewart who was in charge of the distribution of supplies from Libby, giving his testimony of hi
1888-03, Century Magazine, March 1888, pp. 770-790; Moran, Frank E. "Colonel Rose's Tunnel at Libby prison." Excellent account of the tunneling effort and subsequent escape of 109 Libby prisoners
1888-12-16, Richmond Dispatch; "Our Richmond Mobs;" details on the Bread Riot, the evacuation mob, and others
1888-12-30, Richmond Dispatch; wonderful accounts of the Bread Riot in Richmond- focuses on the question of whether President Davis helped quell the mob; testimony from Letcher and others
1889-01-20, Richmond Dispatch; more on the Bread Riot, again focusing on the roles President Davis and Governor Letcher played in quelling the riot
1889-07-11, National Tribune; Details of the dog-killing incident at Belle Isle - notes regarding a female soldier found there

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