Shockoe Cemetery
Information about Shockoe Cemetery in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1854-03-08, Richmond Dispatch; very detailed description of the Alms House near Shockoe Cemetery
1854-03-17, Richmond Dispatch; “Hospital Hill,” in the eastern part of the city, is admirably suited for a burial ground – Shockoe Cemetery will fill up within five or ten years.
1854-07-25, Richmond Dispatch; breakdown of interments and those due to Cholera in Shockoe Cemetery
1854-09-12, Richmond Dispatch; report of interments at Shockoe Cemetery, with particular attention to those due to cholera
1855-08-27, Richmond Dispatch; Oakwood Cemetery is being laid out
1859-05-09, Richmond Dispatch; current alms house is inadequate – 130 inmates now in 24 rooms. Paper argues that a new alms house should be built at Oakwood
1860-07-26, Richmond Dispatch; Shockoe Cemetery is “rapidly filling up” – Oakwood may answer the need. Notes on desecration of graves
1861-07-11, Richmond Whig; soldiers have been buried in an open field near the Alms House - advocates using Oakwood Cemetery for soldier interments
1861-09-23, Richmond Enquirer; Yankee prisoner in the "lower prison, near Rocketts" shot and killed for verbally abusing a sentinel. Sentinel praised for doing his duty. Prisoner buried at Shockoe Cemetery
1861-09-24, Richmond Enquirer; Yankee prisoner shot by a sentinel; buried at Shockoe

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