Banks
Information about Banks in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1865-04-13, New York Herald; lengthy dispatches from Richmond detailing conditions there, Dahlgren’s body being recovered and sent north, Tredegar, prisons, and Lincoln’s plan for peace
1865-04-15, Richmond Whig; incredible list of the property destroyed in the evacuation
1865-04-18, Richmond Whig; notice given that The First National Bank of Richmond is being organized by wealthy Richmonders, Stearns and Kent among them; all other banks were “swept away” by the evacuation fire
1865-04-25, Richmond Whig; "partial list" of views taken by Mathew Brady of Richmond
1865-05-02, Richmond Whig; prominent Richmonders, including Joseph R. Anderson, have taken the oath of allegiance to the U.S.
1865-05-17, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; General Ord’s headquarters is moving from the Customs House to the Female Institute, the former to be used by the “several national banks”
1865-10-20, Richmond Whig; The granite front of the Exchange Bank, destroyed in the evacuation fire, is being repaired and to be reused as a bank
1865-12-22, Richmond Examiner; soldier robbed at Camp Winder, having been previously wounded at Camp Jackson
1883-04-01, Richmond Dispatch; incredibly detailed recollections of the evacuation of Richmond – gives reliable chronology of events of the fire and occupation
1891-08-20, National Tribune; good account of life in Richmond prisons in 1861

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