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

Written Accounts

1879-02-22, New York Herald; Advertisement for “A Southern Woman’s Story” by Phoebe Pember – published today, price $0.75
1879-04-22, New Orleans (La.) Times-Picayune; brief, positive review of “A Southern Woman’s Story” by Phoebe Pember
1879-08-28, Wheeling (WV) Register; details about Castle Thunder, recently burned
1879-09-28, St. Paul (Minn.) Daily Globe; rather romantic account of the “Angel of Castle Thunder,” who nursed a dying patient at Byrd Island Hospital and received the invitation of his family to be adopted
1880-07-28, Richmond Dispatch; very interesting account from the man who commanded the Richmond prisons in 1865-66. Describes a romance between Col. Ordway and one of Judge Ould’s relatives as well as a secret prisoner (Professor McCullogh) kept in Castle
1881-12-10, Philadelphia Weekly Times; excellent article by Frank Moran entitled “Libby’s Bright Side:” illustrates the humorous and lighter aspects of life in Libby Prison. Mentions the “Libby Prison Minstrels” and the Libby Prison Chronicle
1882-05-21, Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah); interesting and amusing story of Elizabeth Van Lew and a ribald engineer living in her home who introduces Van Lew’s niece to books on free love. Niece is charged with lunacy and expunged from will
1882-08-08, Richmond Dispatch; obituary notice for Cornelia Lorton, who had owned the building used as Chimborazo Hospital’s headquarters
1883-08-23, National Tribune; letter praising E. L. Van Lew’s wartime activities – author was in prison with Ely, and recalls the death of a Union prisoner in her home.
1883, Southern Historical Society Papers 11 (1883), pp. 83-92; Burrows, J. L. "Recollections of Libby Prison."

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