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

Written Accounts

1884-04-13, Richmond Dispatch; account of the evacuation fire of Richmond, including extract from Gen. Ewell’s report – also notes that Gen. Anderson may have told Ewell about how the Tredegar Iron Works were spared. Ewell blames the spread of the fire on
1885, Southern Historical Society Papers Vol. 13, p. 247; Ewell, Richard S. "Evacuation of Richmond: Report of General R. S. Ewell." Letter from Ewell to Robert E. Lee, December 20, 1865. Notes on VMI cadets being some of the last soldiers in Richmond.
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.
1887-11-26, Richmond Dispatch; Brown’s Island, now occupied by Tredegar, is being sold at auction, along with several other small islands in the James. Notes that Brown’s Island has been enlarged with slag and ashes from Tredegar.
1888-05-04, Richmond Dispatch; Richmond Blues and the Washington Grays of Philadelphia are picnicking opposite Drewry’s Bluff at “Warwick Park”
1889-07-11, National Tribune; Details of the dog-killing incident at Belle Isle - notes regarding a female soldier found there
1891-02-08, New York Times; beginning of serialized account by a Chickamauga prisoner regarding life in Libby Prison. Excellent details on reception and layout of the prison.
1892-11-10, National Tribune; "Belle Isle Revisited," gives account of the author's trip to Belle Isle and notes its changes
1894-10-19, Richmond Dispatch; lengthy description of the fire at Tredegar which has destroyed 8 buildings.
1900-07-12, National Tribune; good account of the fall of Richmond in 1865, by a boy who lived on Church Hill; notes that advancing Union troops were fired upon from convalescent patients from Chimborazo

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