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

Written Accounts

1866-02-05, Richmond Examiner; information sought on young “negress” who was carried away from Chimborazo
1866-02-05, Richmond Examiner; Republication and expansion of very lengthy and descriptive account of a Loyal Union hop at the Spotswood Hotel. Names of many attendees, including John Van Lew, Erasmus Ross, and many others (greatly expanded since earlier
1866-02-22, Richmond Examiner; provost court items – offenders sent to Castle Thunder and Libby. Includes a soldier from the 11th US who deserted his post at Libby, now confined there
1866-02-23, Richmond Examiner; description of the muted celebration of Washington’s birthday on Capitol Square. Mentions salutes being fired at Camp Winder. Brief description of celebrations among the “negro population.”
1866-02-28, Richmond Examiner; description of how a rumor began circulating that Jefferson Davis was in Libby Prison – practical joke on the part of a guard leading a tour for some “northern ladies.” Lieutenant Hunter now in command of Libby
1866-02, The Cosmopolite, “Reminiscences of A Southern Hospital. By Its Matron.” Part 2
1866-03-01, Richmond Examiner; bizarre account of a negro woman at Chimborazo who gave birth to a litter of puppies – she to go to the poor house, thence to the Penitentiary
1866-03-12, Richmond Examiner; negro woman prisoner shot by guards at Libby Prison, probably mortally
1866-03-13, Richmond Examiner; negro woman shot by the guard at Libby Prison not as badly wounded as first reported. She at the “freedmen’s hospital.”
1866-03-15, Richmond Examiner; “Castle Thunder is done for finally and for good as a military prison post” – the building has been evacuated and is a tobacco factory once more

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