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

Written Accounts

1873-01-18, Richmond Daily State Journal; letter to the editor from Elizabeth Van Lew advocating a shorter school day for students
1873-01-20, Richmond Daily State Journal; The Whig agrees with Van Lew’s assertion that children should have more play time and less time in the classroom
1873-06-17, Staunton (Va.) Spectator; Libby Prison now in use as “a Sunday school-room for colored children”
1880-12-28, Richmond Dispatch; keeper of Shockoe Cemetery and son shot by noise-making boys – son will probably lose an eye
1885-07-30, Richmond Dispatch; detailed description of the Steamer Gem’s excursions to Drewry’s Bluff, Dutch Gap, and the U. S. Monitor fleet. Notes that Drewry’s Bluff “pic-nic grounds” are only accessible through this steamer’s excursions.
1887-09-20, Richmond Dispatch; ten-year-old boy fatally injured at the Tredegar Iron Works
1887-09-22, Richmond Dispatch; $80,000 suit brought against the Tredegar Iron Works – 13 year old was killed there 9/19/1887
1889-09-05, National Tribune; account of kind treatment on Belle Isle of a drummer-boy imprisoned there
1892-11-05, Richmond Dispatch; accident at the Tredegar Iron Works – boy had his hand lacerated, and later has thumb amputated at the almshouse
1892-11-10, National Tribune; "Belle Isle Revisited," gives account of the author's trip to Belle Isle and notes its changes

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