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

Written Accounts

1870-05-21, Nashville Union and American; Miss Van Lew prefers to be called “Postmaster of Richmond”
1870-05-31, description of Decoration Day at Richmond National Cemetery - notes that "many colored people" attended the ceremonies
1871-01-16, Richmond Dispatch; colored woman dies suddenly at Chimborazo of heart disease
1871-05-18, Richmond Dispatch; lengthy description of Memorial Day at Hollywood – notes the unburied dead from Fort Harrison have been placed east of the pyramid on the side of a hill
1871-07-01, Richmond Daily State Journal; brief mention of “colored school” at Chimborazo
1871-12-20, Richmond Dispatch; colored woman, beaten and set up by dogs by a man at Chimborazo, arrested as a lunatic
1872-02-01, Richmond Daily State Journal; rumor that Miss Van Lew is to be replaced at the post office – editorial praises her and gives details of the proper means of replacing an office holder
1872-03-12, Richmond Daily State Journal; superintendent of the letter carrier’s department was sacked by Van Lew
1872-03-21, Leavenworth (Kan.) Weekly Times; New York Herald condemns Miss Van Lew for the strike in the post office and the failure to get the mails delivered in a timely manner.
1872-06-17, Richmond Daily State Journal; report and explanation of some of the mail irregularities under Van Lew’s leadership of the post office

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