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

Written Accounts

1862-08-04, Richmond Examiner; very detailed description of Belle Isle Prison
1862-08-05, Richmond Dispatch; B. Koerner, Surg. in charge at Henningsen Hospital, looking for strayed donations from woman at Liberty, Va.
1862-08-05, Richmond Dispatch; Mrs. Phillips of Lunenberg Co., sends supplies to Henningsen Hospital
1862-08-06, Richmond Enquirer; Great description of the Military District of Richmond - gives details on Winder's office, Castle Godwin, Castle "Grizzly" (Griswold) at the corner of 6th and Cary street
1862-08-11, Richmond Enquirer; man and woman charged with stealing $400 worth of supplies from Winder Hospital
1862-08-28, Eleanor S. Brockenbrough Library, MoC; order from A. Y. P. Garnett for a cow to be delivered to Robertson Hospital
1862-09-09, Richmond Enquirer; Old Dominion Iron Works appeals for raw materials
1862-09-12, Richmond Whig; excellent (and lengthy) letter from Surg. Lane at Winder Hospital describing the facility and administration of the hospital. Favorably mentions several matrons there
1862-09-18, New York Tribune; news from Richmond from a released prisoner who was hospital Steward of Libby Prison – Pope’s officers are being held in close confinement, the Virginia II is yet unfinished
1862-09-24, National Archives; any able-bodied hospital workers are to be reported to the Surgeon General, so they can be replaced by Conscripts “incapacitated for active military service”

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