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

Written Accounts

1869-04-17, Richmond Dispatch; case before the police court regarding trespassing at Chimborazo – interesting hints at informal property boundaries there
1869-04-19, Louisiana Democrat; editorial condemning Grant for the appointment of Elizabeth Van Lew as postmaster of Richmond
1869-05-01, Richmond Dispatch; more cases of informal property disputes at Chimborazo – details on the property owners that claim the land, so squatters, pay rent to nobody.
1869-05-22, official notice of the Decoration Day festivities at Richmond National Cemetery. Coaches running from the “eastern terminus of the city railway.” Col. H. S. Merrill of the Freedmen’s Bureau is on the Committee of Arrangements.
1869-06-24, Nashville Union and American; Miss Van Lew refuses to close the post office on Memorial Day, decision reversed by President Grant, and she fires the ringleader of the protest
1869-07-21, Nashville Union and American; allegation that Van Lew fired her coachman for voting Democratic, and military authorities are being hypocritical by not arresting her
1869-08-04, National Republican (Washington, DC); Franklin Stearns and General Robert Williams are the top two candidates for a US Senatorship – brief biographical details of each
1869-10-17, Columbia (S. C.) Daily Phoenix; editorial paragraph condemning the appointment of Elizabeth Van Lew as postmaster of Richmond
1869-12-03, National Republican (Washington, DC); new “Walker-Republican” party formed and submitted to voters. Committee includes Franklin Stearns, Walter Taylor, Gen. Charles P. Stone, Gen. J. D. Imboden and others.
1870-04-19, Macon (Georgia) Weekly Telegraph; incredibly detailed article about Lincoln’s visit to Richmond with particular emphasis on his meetings with Campbell and the political fallout of his reconstruction attempt. Includes purported transcriptions

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