Children
Information about children in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1866-03-01, Richmond Examiner; bizarre account of a negro woman at Chimborazo who gave birth to a litter of puppies – she to go to the poor house, thence to the Penitentiary
1866-03-09, Richmond Examiner; James Ford, white youth, arrested for being part of “the Chimborazo Hill negro riots of Friday night last.” About a dozen others were also charged
1866-03-09, Richmond Examiner; very detailed account of the recent race riot at Chimborazo Hill
1866-03-10, Richmond Examiner; details of the trial of the Chimborazo rioters – one man will stand trial before the Provost Judge, all others have been released
1866-03-17, Richmond Dispatch, description of racial violence at Chimborazo – white child beaten and abused, negroes at Chimborazo attack in quasi-military fashion
1866-03-28, Richmond Dispatch; three men arrested by police for “destroying the barracks at Chimborazo and stealing the lumber therefrom.”
1866-03, The Cosmopolite, “Reminiscences of A Southern Hospital. By Its Matron.” Part 3
1866-05, The National Freedman; report of charitable contributions at Chimborazo, and notice of poor conditions there
1866-07-10, Richmond Dispatch; another “riot” at Chimborazo/Rocketts – white man shot and killed
1866-07-13, Richmond Whig; warrants issued for participants in the “Rocketts Riot,” named

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