Oakwood Cemetery
Information about Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1866-02-10, Richmond Examiner; negro found dead on the bridge leading to Chimborazo Hospital (“now the Asylum for freed negroes”) on Marshall street – buried in the “new negro cemetery” established by the Freedman’s Bureau.
1866-07-10, Richmond Dispatch; Buildings at the Old Fair Grounds (Camp Lee) to be turned over to the Sisters of Charity in charge of St. Francis De Sales hospital; details on the burial of negroes at Oakwood Cemetery
1866-07-17, Richmond Dispatch; discussion of reports of mistreatment of remains of Confederate soldiers
1866-08-11, Richmond Dispatch; detailed list of reinterments of Union dead at the various national cemeteries – Belle Isle, Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill, Seven Pines, Fort Harrison, Hollywood and Oakwood included
1866-09-13, notes on cemetery interments from Cholera at Shockoe and “Mechanics” (colored) Cemeteries, notes that the Freedmen’s Bureau uses Mechanics Cemetery for burials of “deceased negroes” (Chimborazo)
1866, Trowbridge, John T., The South...; account of the author's travels to Richmond and the adjoining battlefields. Good material on Belle Isle, Brown's Island, Libby Prison, battlefields near the city, Camp Lee
1867-03-29, Richmond Dispatch; list of National Cemeteries and numbers of dead interred. Richmond Nation Cemetery is noted as “not completed”
1867-06-05, Richmond Dispatch; lengthy and important article describing the work of the Oakwood Ladies’ Memorial Association. Chimborazo mentioned
1867-11-23, Southern Opinion; “Castle Thunder in Bellum Days;” gives an outstanding account of Castle Thunder, prominent prisoners (including Mary Walker) and its’ staff (including physical descriptions); mentions Oakwood Cemetery, Castle Godwin
1869-04-08, Richmond Dispatch; description of unburied dead and burnt bones at Fort Harrison

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