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

Written Accounts 

1902-10-23, National Tribune; Capt. Beecham's good, but very bitter, account of life on Belle Isle after Gettysburg. Includes a copy of an article from Jackson Warner, Commissary in Richmond denying that prisoners were starved
1902-10-23, National Tribune; notes from a former Libby Prisoner, who commanded the prison after the occupation of Richmond; mentions Dick Turner being imprisoned there.
1912-11-06, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Examiner for the Department of Internal Revenue, now in Richmond, tells of his experience in Libby Prison
1932-06, Richmond Magazine; "The Confederate Tradition of Richmond." Freeman, Douglas Southall, p. 42.
1965, Richmond Civil War Centennial Committee; Weitzel, Godfrey. Richmond Occupied: Entry of the United States Forces into Richmond, Va. April 3, 1865 - Calling Together of the Virginia Legislature and Revocation of the Same. Ed. Louis H. Manarin
Ledger of Confederate Hospital Practice; list of Surgeons at Chimborazo Hospital
No date, "The Death of Major-General J. E. B. Stuart."; Unknown author. Includes reprint from Richmond Examiner. Southern Historical Society Papers 7 (1879), pp. 107-110.
No Date, G. W. Alexander CSR; summary of George W. Alexander's Confederate Service
No Date, Thomas McNiven recollections; highly dubious account of McNiven's part in the Van Lew spy ring - names prominent Confederates as agents

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