Martial Law
Information about Martial Law in Richmond VA during the Civil War and the Provost Marshal General John Henry Winder

Written Accounts

1866-03-05, Richmond Examiner; “riot among the negroes” at Chimborazo – running gunfight between soldiers and rioters. One man shot. Ten (named) arrested and placed in Libby Prison. Fears that further violence will occur there
1866-03-06, Richmond Dispatch; negroes arrested “in the disturbance at Chimborazo” last Friday to be tried today
1866-03-06, Richmond Whig; details of Chimborazo riot – large, “organized body of negroes” complete with sentinels and military order in shoot-out with police and soldiers. Many arrests
1866-03-07, Richmond Dispatch; soldier in the 11th US Infantry guilty of assault and battery – sent to Libby for 30 days
1866-03-07, Richmond Dispatch; trial of “negroes charged with being implicated in the disturbances at Chimborazo” has been postponed
1866-03-08, Richmond Examiner; mastodon bones are on exhibition at the feed store of Mr. Turner, opposite Castle Thunder. Samuel Maccubbin is showing the specimens to the curious
1866-03-08, Richmond Examiner; Richard Turner, confined in Libby Prison, is physically showing the effects of confinement – he wishes to be tried by a civil court, not a military commission. Murderers occupy the cell adjacent to his.
1866-03-09, Richmond Dispatch; detailed description of the “riot” and shooting affair at Chimborazo, eventually involving guards from Libby Prison
1866-03-09, Richmond Dispatch; two drunk and disorderly U. S. soldiers tossed into Libby Prison
1866-03-09, Richmond Examiner; very detailed account of the recent race riot at Chimborazo Hill

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