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

Written Accounts 

1895-07-07, New York Times; 1866 letter from Thomas P. Turner, commandant of Libby Prison, detailing his escape to Cuba; with engraved image
1898-05-22, Southern Historical Society Papers; Shields, John C. "The Old Camp Lee." Reprint from Richmond Dispatch, 22 May 1898
1899-08-03, National Tribune; "A Union Man in Richmond" part three of serial account. Describes the scene in Richmond immediately following secession.
1899-08-10, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond;” part four of serial account. Describes John Minor Bott’s stay in “a negro jail in Lombard Alley” [Castle Godwin], the economic situation in Richmond, the Battle of First Manassas
1899-08-17, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond;” part five of serial account. Describes the scene in Richmond in early to mid-1863. Mentions hedonistic activity at the Exchange, Ballard and Spotswood hotels; prostitution and gambling flourishing
1899-09-14, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond” part six of serialized account. Describes the feeling in Richmond at the time of the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, Pawnee Sunday (1861), a female Confederate spy at his boarding house
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.
1901-09-19, National Tribune; brief article describing the author's reception at Libby, and being bayonetted by a guard while there
1901-12-16, New York Times; letter describing the difference in temperament between Thomas P. and Richard R. Turner and incident involving “Dick” Turner - very laudatory of T. P. Turner, and condemnatory of R. R. Turner. Author is Louis P. DiCesnola
1902-08-25, St. Albans (VT) Daily Messenger; Libby Prison flag has been mutilated by a souvenir hunter at Rutland Memorial Hall. Description of other artifcats on display there

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