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

Written Accounts

1866-03, The Cosmopolite, “Reminiscences of A Southern Hospital. By Its Matron.” Part 3
1866-04, The Cosmopolite, “Reminiscences of A Southern Hospital. By Its Matron.” Part 4
1866-05-26, Shreveport (La.) Semi-Weekly News; description of Chimborazo Hospital and what has happened to it after the war – mentions freedmen’s schools there, negroes living in the former wards, and notes that the buildings are being sold at auction
1866-07-10, Richmond Dispatch; another “riot” at Chimborazo/Rocketts – white man shot and killed
1866-07-16, Richmond Dispatch; meeting of the Hollywood Memorial Association
1866-07-17, Richmond Dispatch; discussion of reports of mistreatment of remains of Confederate soldiers
1866-10, Debow's Review; "Camp Lee and the Freedman's Bureau;" mostly a racist diatribe, gives a few details into the camp's operation. By George Fitzhugh
1866, Trowbridge, John T., The South...; account of the author's travels to Richmond and the adjoining battlefields. Good material on Belle Isle, Brown's Island, Libby Prison, battlefields near the city, Camp Lee
1866, The Cosmopolite, Baltimore; [Pember, Phoebe Yates.]; "Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital, by Its Matron."
1867-06-05, Richmond Dispatch; lengthy and important article describing the work of the Oakwood Ladies’ Memorial Association. Chimborazo mentioned

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