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

Written Accounts

1870-12-16, New York Times; very dramatic and detailed account of the Spotswood Hotel fire. Erasmus Ross, former clerk of Libby Prison, among the dead.
1871-05-18, Richmond Dispatch; lengthy description of Memorial Day at Hollywood – notes the unburied dead from Fort Harrison have been placed east of the pyramid on the side of a hill
1872-07-06, Richmond Daily State Journal; Libby Prison struck by lightning, briefly catches fire, but extinguished.
1883-04-01, Richmond Dispatch; incredibly detailed recollections of the evacuation of Richmond – gives reliable chronology of events of the fire and occupation
1884-04-13, Richmond Dispatch; account of the evacuation fire of Richmond, including extract from Gen. Ewell’s report – also notes that Gen. Anderson may have told Ewell about how the Tredegar Iron Works were spared. Ewell blames the spread of the fire on
1889-08-15, National Tribune; part one of a two-part memoir by Capt. J. W. Chamberlain, 123rd Ohio, describing at length his imprisonment in Libby Prison
1891-03-01, New York Times; part four of serialized account of life in Libby. Notes that 1864 began poorly - the Confederates cut off supplies from the North in order to compel the US Government to resume exchanges
1891-03-22, New York Times; part seven of serialized account of life in Libby. Describes attempted escape from Libby, travel towards Union lines and recapture.
1891-04-05, New York Times; part nine of serialized account of life in Libby. Describes the plan to break out of Libby upon the success of Dahlgren's raid. Says that there were 1,200 prisoners in Libby at the time.
1891-04-19, New York Times; part eleven of serialized account of life in Libby. Recounts the author's near-exchange, and subsequent return to Richmond, only to be put in General Hospital #10

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