1862-02-18, Richmond Whig; burial statistics of the Shockoe Hill Cemetery for the quarter ending 1/31/1862. Notes also that 37 POWs were buried during the same time.

From the Richmond Whig, 2/18/1862, p. 3, c. 3

MORTUARY STATISTICS. - The following is a comparison of the interments at the Shockoe Hill Cemetery and adjacent burial ground, during the quarter ending 31st ult., and same time of the three preceding years:

		White				Colored
	M	F	SB	Total	M	F	SB	Total
1862	72	50	5	127	73	40	4	117
1861	51	39	7	97	59	33	9	101
1860	58	40	8	101	58	37	12	107
1859	60	34	6	100	66	40	12	118

Thirty-seven prisoners of war, not included in the above, we also buried during the last quarter. The statistics for the four years ending 31st, Jan., to which period the reports are made up, are as follows

		White				Colored
	M	F	SB	Total	M	F	SB	Total
1862	307	222	27	556	274	175	18	467
1861	232	213	27	472	249	156	37	442
1860	235	179	34	448	238	159	28	435
1859	249	179	45	473	212	166	36	414

The increase during the past twelve months may be explained in part, by the mortality among volunteers and other strangers. It must also be remembered that the population of the city is rapidly increasing. We have no report from Hollywood Cemetery, and have never seen one.

Details: Categories:: Richmond Whig 1862 Richmond Newspapers Shockoe Cemetery Deaths Prisoners of War Hollywood Cemetery; Published: 18 October 2014

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