Residences and Homes
Information about Residences and Homes in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

An interesting book about Old Richmond Neighborhoods by Mary Wingfield Scott

Written Accounts

1888-06-30, Richmond Dispatch; report that an actor was to buy the Van Lew house is not true
1889-06-01, Richmond Dispatch; obituary notice for Samuel P. Moore, former Surgeon-General of the Confederacy
1892-06-23, Richmond Times; fatal accident at the Tredegar Iron Works
1892-09-10, Richmond Times; account of the funeral of Joseph R. Anderson at St. Paul’s church and at Hollywood – very descriptive of the pallbearers and attendees. Workers of Tredegar arrive en masse to view the body. St. Paul’s church offers resolutions
1893-04-08, Richmond Times; John Miller, keeper of Shockoe Cemetery, struck by “an electric car” and “badly hurt”
1895-03-09, Richmond Dispatch; funeral of John N. Van Lew took place yesterday at the Van Lew House on Church Hill
1896-10-01, National Tribune; outstanding account of Lincoln’s visit to Richmond by a Union cavalry officer who was definitely present at the time– notes that Lincoln went to the White House of the Confederacy twice, takes direct aim at Graves’ account
1899-03-26, Richmond Dispatch; Van Lew Homestead is up for sale – notes that the square was once owned by William Byrd and testimonial as “one of the beautiful homes of the world”
1899-07-27, National Tribune; "A Union Man in Richmond;" description of sentiment in Richmond leading up to secession; John Minor Botts' speech at the African Church, and the Secession Convention in the Mechanics' Institute.
1899-08-10, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond;” part four of serial account. Describes John Minor Bott’s stay in “a negro jail in Lombard Alley” [Castle Godwin], the economic situation in Richmond, the Battle of First Manassas

Page 12 of 26

Go to top