Prisoners of War
Information on Prisoners of War in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1901-05-02, National Tribune; notes on the Belle Isle singing quartet
1901-07-04, National Tribune; Van Lew mansion to become a club house
1901-09-19, National Tribune; brief article describing the author's reception at Libby, and being bayonetted by a guard while there
1902-02-08, Muskegon (Mich.) Chronicle; recollection of William Reynolds, Libby Prison tunnel escapee – extremely detailed
1902-07-06, Richmond Dispatch; editorial column dismissing the story of Miss Van Lew’s secret chamber, and denigrating her wartime service
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.
1902-11-27, National Tribune; interesting account of mail distribution in Libby
1903-01-29, National Tribune; takes up account of Belle Isle where Beecham left off (NT 10/23/1902); describes the moving of prisoners to Andersonville and the trick that the Confederates played to get the prisoners to get off the island.
1903-04-16, National Tribune; further information on the "battle of the gate" at Belle Isle - the red-headed Sergeant was named Hite, and a deserter from the Union army. Describes his various acts of cruelty

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