Weather
Information about Weather in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1864-09-26, Richmond Sentinel; man falls from a fifth story window of the Spotswood Hotel and is killed
1865-04-01, Richmond Sentinel; "the Weather;" says it has been raining very hard for the past two days.
1865-04-03, Richmond Examiner; description of “All Fools’ Day” in Richmond
1865-04-13, New York Herald; lengthy dispatches from Richmond detailing conditions there, Dahlgren’s body being recovered and sent north, Tredegar, prisons, and Lincoln’s plan for peace
1865-04-14, Richmond Whig; it has been raining hard for the past two days in Richmond
1865-07-01, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; decription of touring Richmond’s west end in hot weather. Mentions Glen Burnie, the Kilpatrick Raid battlefield, Euker’s “fine drinking establishment” at Buchanan Springs, and the present state of the fortificatio
1865-08-25, Richmond Whig; appeal for a street railway and description of the various attempts at this in the past – streetcar iron being recycled for gunboats “now stuck in the abysmal mud of the James” mentioned
1865-12-30, The National Freedman; ldescription of poor conditions and education among the Freedmen at Chimborazo, and appeal for charity
1867-08-23, Richmond Dispatch; description of the festival to rebuild Beulah Church at Cold Harbor – held at Dr. Gaines’ house; Robert Stiles speaks
1868-06-23, Richmond Dispatch; description of the baptism of 25 colored persons in Bloody Run – after baptisms, immense throng goes to “Chimborazo church”

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