Canal Basin
Information about the Canal Basin during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1864-07-15, Richmond Dispatch; man saved from drowning
1864-11-01, Richmond Sentinel; dead man found floating in the Canal Basin, near the Gallego mills - body had been in the body a week or more
1864-11-07, Richmond Sentinel; two boys arrested near the Second Baptist Church for throwing rocks. They are members of the "basin cats."
1865-04-04, Richmond Whig; excellent account of the evacuation and burning of Richmond; mentions Smith's factory, "on 21st street" burning
1865-04-06, Richmond Whig; excellent, and lengthy, account of the evacuation and burning of Richmond
1865-04-13, New York Herald; excellent letter from Richmond describing the Federal occupation of Richmond, mentions Tredegar, former slaves, Rocketts, former rebel hospitals (Chimborazo, Jackson, Stuart)
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
1865-04-18, Richmond Whig; Asa Snyder demands his stolen stoves goods be returned, looted from the ruins of his foundry “the morning after the fire”
1865-04-25, Richmond Whig; "partial list" of views taken by Mathew Brady of Richmond
1865-06-29, Richmond Whig; General Lee and family left the city on the canal for Cartersville

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