James River
Information about the James River during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1865-07-31, Richmond Whig; pontoon bridges have been taken up – Mayo’s bridge has rendered them unnecessary
1865-09-05, Richmond Whig; details about the wrecks at Rocketts – call for their removal
1865-09-12, Richmond Whig; William H. Seward, Secretary of State, arrives in Richmond aboard the River Queen, stays “several hours” at the Governor’s mansion, tours the city, then leaves
1865-10-20, Richmond Whig; Dutch Gap canal is to be purchased, widened and deepened
1865-10-20, Richmond Whig; visitors from Washington D. C. city council tour the James River and Drewry’s Bluff
1866, Trowbridge, John T., The South...; account of the author's travels to Richmond and the adjoining battlefields. Good material on Belle Isle, Brown's Island, Libby Prison, battlefields near the city, Camp Lee
1867-08-10, Southern Opinion; description of Belle Isle as a prison camp – notes on the cemetery, the origins of the prison,the current state of the island
1870-10-08, Columbia (SC) Daily Phoenix; the guns of the USS Cumberland have been raised and taken to Tredegar to be converted into rails and car wheels (!)
1873-06-04, Richmond Daily State Journal; body of young man who drowned near Mayo’s bridge spotted near Drewry’s Bluff.
1880-07-12, Richmond Dispatch; description of a trip of St. John’s Sunday school to the ironclad fleet anchored at Lower Brandon

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