James River and Kanawha Canal
Information about the James River & Kanawha Canal during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1888-06-12, Richmond Dispatch; long and detailed obituary notice for Franklin Stearns
1889-06-01, Richmond Dispatch; gondola "Chimborazo" is making passenger runs up the canal. This may be the same canal boat used during the war.
1891-04-19, New York Times; part eleven of serialized account of life in Libby. Recounts the author's near-exchange, and subsequent return to Richmond, only to be put in General Hospital #10
1892-05-03, Richmond Times; break in the canal upstream from Tredegar has caused the water to be shut off, and the Tredegar and Gallego mills have thus suspended operations.
1892-09-08, Richmond Times; obituary, with lengthy biography, of Joseph R. Anderson
1896-08-02, Richmond Times; "Of Chimborazo Park" Clipping from a late 19th century newspaper in which Dr. McCaw asserts that he gave the hospital and the hill the name of "Chimborazo"
1897-04-25, Richmond Dispatch; "Burning of Richmond: Incidents of the City's Evacuation Described." By R. T. W. Duke
1900-05-27, Richmond Times; man drowns in the canal near Tredegar
1900-05-29, Richmond Times; more details on the drowning case near Tredegar
1904-07-08, Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly; Gildersleeve, John R.; "History of Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Va., and Its Medical Officers During 1861-1865 "

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