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

Written Accounts

1877-05-25, Burlington (Vt.) Weekly Free Press; Miss Van Lew has been replaced by W. W. Forbes as post master
1877-07-13, Holt County (Oregon, Mo.) Sentinel; rumor is circulating that there was an effort to get Miss Van Lew not to be replaced in order to challenge the legitimacy of Hayes’ election in the Supreme Court.
1877-07, Scribner's Monthly, July 1877; "Richmond Since the War" - good material on Tredegar Iron Works, Belle Isle, Libby Prison, Oakwood Cemetery, and Capital Square
1877-09-25, Sedalia (Sedalia, Mo.) Weekly Bazoo; Miss Van Lew has turned over the post office to Col. Forbes.
1881-04-08. Vermont Phoenix (Brattleboro, Vt.); rumor that Pres. Garfield has removed Miss Van Lew from the Richmond Post Office is false – she has not held that office since 1877
1883-07-09, New York Tribune; Miss Van Lew receives a clerkship in the Post Office Department in Washington – endorsed by General Grant
1885, Porter, David Dixon, Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War; One of Admiral Porter’s recollections of going with Lincoln to Richmond and the events that took place there. Includes the Duff Green incident.
1887-07-02, New York Tribune; Miss Van Lew has her salary slashed in half and is demoted from her position in the Washington Post Office.
1887-07-30, Omaha (Neb.) Daily Bee; claim that Miss Van Lew’s demotion and subsequent resignation is blamed on “unreconstructed rebels in the postoffice department”
1888-06-11, Alexandria (Va.) Gazette; brief obituary notice for Franklin Stearns

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