Women
Information about women in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1865-01-13, Richmond Sentinel; Note to Phoebe Pember in the personal ads.
1865-02-25, National Archives; Habersham directs that the hospital wagon shall not be used for any purposes other than official; the hospital wagon shall only visit the matron's house once a day
1865-03-23, Richmond Enquirer; description of the Winder-Jackson Battalion's parade at Capitol square; call for Richmond ladies to produce a flag for this uni
1865-04-01, Eleanor S. Brockenbrough Library, MoC; Kate Mason Rowland is appointed ward matron, 5th Division, Jackson Hospital
1865-04-10, Boston Daily Advertiser; lengthy and detailed account of the evacuation and capture of Richmond
1865-04-11, Richmond Whig; erroneous report and subsequent retraction that Mrs. Gen. Lee is very ill
1865-04-12, Richmond Whig; erroneous report and subsequent retraction that Mrs. Gen. Lee is very ill (2)
1865-04-13, New York Herald; excellent letter from Richmond describing the Federal occupation of Richmond, mentions Tredegar, former slaves, Rocketts, former rebel hospitals (Chimborazo, Jackson, Stuart)
1865-04-13, New York Herald; lengthy dispatches from Richmond detailing conditions there, Dahlgren’s body being recovered and sent north, Tredegar, prisons, and Lincoln’s plan for peace
1865-04-20, Richmond Whig; woman cook wanted at Gen. Weitzel’s Headquarters, Jefferson Davis house

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