Floods
Information about floods in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1862-06-07, Richmond Dispatch; 6/7/1862; frame work of Mayo Bridge threatened by flooding; flood produced 2 ft water in basement of Libby Prison & CS Machine Ship (Talbott’s) had 3-4 feet.
1862-06-07, Richmond Dispatch; CSS Teaser anchored at foot of 21st St.
1862-06-07, Richmond Whig; the James River is higher than it has been since 1847; the water is up to the hubs of wagons wheels on Cary street “opposite Talbot’s foundry
1862-06-13, Richmond Dispatch; one of the sunken boats in the James River at Drewry’s Bluff has been turned around during a recent flood - her wheels begin to turn again
1863-03-27, Richmond Dispatch; James River flooding – water is just below Mayo bridge, and Cary street is “blockaded by water.” Water still rising.
1863-03-27, Richmond Dispatch; River in flood. Boy died in cellar of home, corner 18th & Cary, by drowning in rising water
1864-04-12, Richmond Sentinel; details on the recent freshet on the James River - all the islands are flooded except Belle Isle
1865-01-22, Richmond Whig; four men arrested as conductors and 7 arrested trying to run through the lines. All taken to Castle Thunder
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.
1865-04-01, Richmond Sentinel; "the Weather;" says it has been raining very hard for the past two days.

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