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

Written Accounts

1864-02-15, Richmond Whig; recapturing Libby escapee anecdotes
1864-03-01, Richmond Whig; two boys are injured after being thrown from a horse and are treated by Surg. Read at the "Baptist Institute Hospital." (GH4)
1864-03-28, Richmond Whig; boy is decapitated after attempting to jump onto the Fredericksburg train on Broad street
1864-04-22, Richmond Sentinel; Dr. Mary Walker, captured in the west, arrives in Richmond (in male attire) and conveyed to Castle Thunder, Libby having no female accommodations
1864-05-02, Richmond Dispatch; Jefferson Davis's son Joseph is killed in a fall from a balcony of the White House of the Confederacy
1864-05-02, Richmond Sentinel; Dr. Mary Walker's appearance in Richmond causes quite an excitement - she is taken to Gen. Winder's office, then to Castle Thunder
1864-05-02, Richmond Sentinel; Jefferson Davis's son Joseph is killed in a fall from a balcony of the White House of the Confederacy
1864-05-02, Richmond Whig; description of the death of little Joseph Davis, son of Pres. Jefferson Davis, in a fall from a balcony at the Confederate White House.
1864-05-25, Richmond Sentinel; VMI cadets parade at Capitol Square following the Battle of New Market
1864-05-31, Richmond Whig; slave of Dr. Hancock drowns in Shockoe Creek

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