Tobacco Factories
Information about Tobacco Factories during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1863-01-21, National Archives RG 109, Ch. 9, Vol. 199½, p. 56; T. P. Turner's report of an inspection of Mayo's factory (GH#21), in response to complaints of the owner about the poor condition. Turner's response refutes Mayo's claims
1863-01-30, Richmond Dispatch; temporary tracks leading from Shockoe Warehouse to dock and river being torn up & sold at auction
1863-03-12, Richmond Dispatch; extensive fire at the Public Warehouse, 8th and Canal streets. Estimated loss is $200,000.
1863-03-13, Richmond Dispatch; fire near Petersburg RR depot still smoldering
1863-03-14, Richmond Dispatch; warehouse fire still smoldering
1863-03-18, Richmond Dispatch; City pondering rebuilding Public Warehouse. Interesting details – notes that since Seabrook’s has been turned into a hospital, there is not as much tobacco storage as there has been in the past
1863-05-09, New York Herald; captured correspondent (Vosberg) for the Herald gives a detailed description of life inside Libby Prison
1864-02-26, Richmond Whig; robbery of a hogshead of tobacco at the factory of David C. Mayo, corner 19th and Cary
1864-04-19, Richmond Whig; "Lewis H. Fraysier’s factory, on 20th street, between Main and Franklin" was burglarized
1864-06-02, Richmond Whig; tobacco factories on Main and Franklin near Church Hill have been re-occupied as prisons, and the guards are forcing people off the sidewalk. Major Turner puts a stop to this practice

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