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

Written Accounts

1897-08-01, Richmond Dispatch; letter to the editor by a guard at Libby Prison, commenting on what he saw in regards to food and supply. Mentions a “Second Libby” in which privates were kept
1898-02-24, Richmond Dispatch; five car loads of artillery shells sent from Tredegar to the Army
1898-03-25, Richmond Times; Tredegar Iron Works receives contract for coastal defense mortar shells.
1898-03-27, Richmond Times; description of the explosive shells now being made by Tredegar – some weigh 1,500 pounds
1899-04-27, National Tribune; "Doc" Aubrey's account of imprisonment in Libby - just a boy at the time, he was captured trying to sell newspapers to the army. T. P. Turner took interest in him
1899-05-04, National Tribune; continuation of Aubrey's account of life in Libby - further mention of T. P. Turner, and notes that he returned his hard-earned money to him upon release. Unique for its positive portrayal of Turner.
1899-08-10, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond;” part four of serial account. Describes John Minor Bott’s stay in “a negro jail in Lombard Alley” [Castle Godwin], the economic situation in Richmond, the Battle of First Manassas
1899-08-17, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond;” part five of serial account. Describes the scene in Richmond in early to mid-1863. Mentions hedonistic activity at the Exchange, Ballard and Spotswood hotels; prostitution and gambling flourishing
1899-09-21, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond” part seven of serialized account. Describes the tough economic conditions in Richmond in 1863 (with a nice description of the scene at the Old Market), the small-pox epidemic in Richmond
1899-09-28, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond” part eight of serialized account. Describes the capture and execution of Timothy Webster, the Libby Prison escape (mentions prisoners being aided by Van Lew)

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