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1863-03-06, Richmond Dispatch; new fire engine tested. Interesting details. To be permanently deployed on 10th street.
1863-03-10, Richmond Dispatch; recruiting notice for City Battalion
1863-03-11, Richmond Dispatch; Still need a few more recruits for City Battalion
1863-03-13, Richmond Dispatch; City Battalion still needs a few recruits
1863-04-06, Richmond Examiner; Canal Basin bridge at 8th street, which collapsed under the weight of passing Yankee prisoners, is annoying by its absence
1863-04-28, Richmond Dispatch; Robert Ashby & Maurice Johnson, G25Bn., drummed out of service at barracks, Byrd St., opposite Basin. Immediately conscripted. Guilty of being bribed by prisoners
1863-08-14, Richmond Sentinel; advocates a fence be built around the canal basin - notes that several people drowned there in the past year after stumbling into the basin
1864-01-12, Richmond Whig; men and boys are skating on the canal basin; notes that for this to occur, the freeze has been very hard
1864-06-07, Richmond Whig; details on a woman who told "Beast" Butler that Mayor Mayo had been thrown into Castle Thunder (false rumor)
1864-06-30, Richmond Examiner; the canal basin is nasty - if it is drained, murdered corpses are likely to be found
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