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

Written Accounts

1893-07-28, Richmond Times; man fatally injured in an excavation cave-in at Tredegar Iron Works. Died at the almshouse
1895-04-20, Norfolk Virginian; Elizabeth Van Lew takes seven little boys to court for playing ball in the street, storms out of court under cross-examination
1899-04-27, National Tribune; "Doc" Aubrey's account of imprisonment in Libby - just a boy at the time, he was captured trying to sell newspapers to the army. T. P. Turner took interest in him
1899-05-04, National Tribune; continuation of Aubrey's account of life in Libby - further mention of T. P. Turner, and notes that he returned his hard-earned money to him upon release. Unique for its positive portrayal of Turner.
1899-09-21, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond” part seven of serialized account. Describes the tough economic conditions in Richmond in 1863 (with a nice description of the scene at the Old Market), the small-pox epidemic in Richmond
1899-10-29, Richmond Times; "It Was Obedience Even Unto Death: Grave in Hollywood Recalls a Story of Devotion to Duty." Stiles, Robert. Reprint from Richmond Times SHSP 27 (1899), pp. 17-25.
1901-04-12, Richmond Times; fighting again between the “boys of Church Hill” and “the young negroes who inhabit the Van Lew property”
1901-04-20, Richmond Times; little boy dies after a fall off the railroad cars at the Tredegar Iron Works
1909, Confederate Veteran 17, p. 215; Watehall, E. T. “Fall of Richmond, April 3, 1865.”
1910-07-11, Richmond Times-Dispatch; first “motor car funeral” in Richmond to be held at Shockoe Cemetery

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