Legislature
Information about the legislature in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1865-02-03, Richmond Examiner; patients at Chimborazo Hospital petition Confederate Congress – they are suffering “from the want of fuel.” Special committee appointed
1865-02-13, Richmond Dispatch; Virginia House of Delegates reads a bill to provide fuel for soldiers at Chimborazo Hospital
1865-02-20, Richmond Dispatch; Virginia Senate appoints a committee to visit Chimborazo Hospital to investigate the condition of Virginia soldiers there
1865-02-24, Richmond Dispatch; Virginia House of Delegates passes a bill to provide fuel for soldiers at Chimborazo Hospital
1865-02-24, Richmond Whig; Virginia House of Delegates unanimously passes a bill providing food and supplies to Chimborazo Hospital
1865-02-25, Richmond Dispatch; Virginia Senate passes a bill to provide fuel for soldiers at Chimborazo Hospital
1865-03-02, Richmond Examiner; House of Delegates passes bill to incorporate the Virginia Hospital Relief Association. Mentions there has been “great suffering” at Chimborazo Hospital
1865-03-03, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VIII, pp. 337-353; Report of the joint select committee appointed to investigate the condition and treatment of prisoners of war.
1865-03-07, Southern Historical Society Papers 52 (1959), pp. 452-457; Confederate Congress: Second Congress, Second Session, Senate, March 7, 1865: The Negro Soldier Question.
1865-03-20, Richmond Examiner; Virginia Senate takes up joint bill to look into conditions at Chimborazo

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