Government Officials
Information on government officials in Richmond during the Civil War

Written Accounts 

1890-07-11, Chicago Daily Inter-Ocean; description of former Libby Prison commandant T. P. Turner’s visit to the Libby Prison War Museum in Chicago
1890-10-05, Richmond Dispatch; obituary notice for John Latouche, former adjutant of Libby Prison. Great biographical details
1891-08-20, National Tribune; good account of life in Richmond prisons in 1861
1891-12-22, Richmond Dispatch; editorial comment on a New York Herald article about the Libby Prison escape, including the name of a Confederate guard who claimed to have aided in the escape (probably fictionally)
1891-12-29, National Tribune; Excellent set of letters from Libby Prison, recounting treatment and life in prison. Mentions purchasing one of the Rees images from the prison guards, and sending it North.
1892-03-17, National Tribune; lengthy but excellent account of the tunnel escape and "powder mine" of Libby Prison - and disputation of falsehoods recently circulated; by Frank E. Moran
1892-09-08, Richmond Times; obituary, with lengthy biography, of Joseph R. Anderson
1893-12-28, National Tribune; brief account of harsh treatment on Belle Isle - notes that he was almost killed by a train on his way to Belle Isle
1895-02-22, Baltimore Sun; G. W. Alexander obituary, describes in great detail his early service in the Confederacy, imprisonment and escape from Fort McHenry, and service in Richmond
1895-02-23, Richmond Dispatch; obituary notice for Captain George W. Alexander, formerly of Castle Thunder, with important biographical details

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