Manchester
Information about Manchester during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1865-06-08, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; military directory of Richmond
1865-06-13, Richmond Whig; Mayo’s Bridge will be completed this week
1865-06-19, Richmond Whig; the two pontoon bridges are still the only means of communication with Manchester
1865-06-29, Richmond Whig; the new Mayo’s Bridge is completed and open – pontoon bridges are to be taken up
1865-08-25, Richmond Whig; appeal for a street railway and description of the various attempts at this in the past – streetcar iron being recycled for gunboats “now stuck in the abysmal mud of the James” mentioned
1865-09-02, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; 98th New York musters out and departs Richmond
1865-09-26, Richmond Whig; lengthy and descriptive account of a woman who shot her cheating boyfriend opposite Metropolitan Hall. She taken to a private apartment in Castle Thunder after spending a night in “the cage.”
1865-12-20, Official Records, Ser. I, Vol. XLVI/1, p. 1292-1295; Ewell's report on the fall of Richmond and the retreat to Appomattox
1866-02-27, Richmond Examiner; proposal is before the legislature to extend Richmond’s city limits on the south side of the James, using the “breastworks” of the middle line of entrenchments as the boundary
1866-03-06, Richmond Dispatch; “persons at Belle Isle” can now have the Dispatch delivered to them

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