Public Guard
Information about the Public Guard in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts 

1864-05-20, Richmond Examiner; General Gordon dies at the Officer's Hospital (GH#4)
1864-06-04, Richmond Examiner; the remains of Colonel Keitt, 20th SC Infantry, who was killed on June 1 were taken to the Danville depot for transportation to South Carolina
1864-09-17, Richmond Sentinel; description of Gen. Morgan's body lying in state in the Capitol, and burial at Hollywood
1864-09-17, Richmond Whig; description of the arrival of Gen Morgan's remains via the Danville train, their lying in state in the Capitol building and burial in Hollywood cemetery
1864-10-10, Richmond Whig; description of the funeral of Gen. John Gregg, of Texas, and procession from the Capitol to Hollywood Cemetery.
1865-12-22, Richmond Examiner; Captain Gay proposes to raise a company of 30 men ot guard the Penitentiary when the military guard withdraws
1866-01-09, Richmond Whig; important article about the re-organization of the Public Guard, to guard the Penitentiary, Capitol Square, “and the Armory, when we have one.”
1866-02-02, Richmond Examiner; details on the organization of the new Public Guard – to guard “the Capitol, the Bell House and the Square.” The Penitentiary is now their “rendezvous,” but their jurisdiction does not yet extend there
1883-04-01, Richmond Dispatch; incredibly detailed recollections of the evacuation of Richmond – gives reliable chronology of events of the fire and occupation
1888-12-16, Richmond Dispatch; "Our Richmond Mobs;" details on the Bread Riot, the evacuation mob, and others

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