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

Written Accounts

1901-09-03, Richmond Times; Women’s Christian Association have decided to give another lawn party at the Van Lew house
1901-10-24, Fredericksburg (Va.) Free Lance; dispute over women officers in the Confederacy – reminder and details that Sally Tompkins was commissioned during the war – “Some of the citizens of Richmond, seeing what a good work was being done, and what a
1902-08-03, Richmond Times; criticism of the verbiage of Van Lew’s memorial stone and her wartime career, by “A Confederate” who claimed to have known her personally
1902-08-14, Richmond Dispatch; man released from jail (for not paying his wife $4,000 in alimony) on the basis of his being a Libby Prison tunnel escapee
1902-08-27, Hawaiian Star (Honolulu); column from Hawaiian newspaper describing the memorial marker and wartime career of Elizabeth Van Lew
1902-12-02, Honolulu (Hawaii) Republican; lengthy and detailed description of the life of Elizabeth Van Lew
1904-01, Southern Practitioner; recollection about Winder Hospital by its former Surgeon in Charge, A. G. Lane. Important details, especially about the management of the hospital
1904-07-08, Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly; Gildersleeve, John R.; "History of Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Va., and Its Medical Officers During 1861-1865 "
1906-12-15, Ripley, Edward H. NY MOLLUS, Vol. III, 1907, pp. 472-502; excellent description of the fall and capture of Richmond; notes that he has the key and records for Libby Prison
1907-06-02, Richmond Times-Dispatch; article describing Sally Tompkins and her status as an officer. Many details not available elsewhere, including a excerpt of a conversation with her in which she describes the circumstances surrounding having her famou

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