Articles from the Richmond Examiner
Index of selected articles from the Richmond Examiner during the Civil War.

1866-02-05, Richmond Examiner; attempted shooting at the Spotswood Hotel bar
1866-02-05, Richmond Examiner; editorial announcing reprint and expansion of the account of the Loyal hop at the Spotswood and commentary from Richmond women
1866-02-05, Richmond Examiner; important lengthy and critical description of an April 15, 1865 meeting of the “Ferrets” – an organization of Unionists to prevent former Confederates from claiming loyalty and position in Reconstruction. Names and biographi
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
1866-02-06, Richmond Examiner; dead body, former slave of Thomas Hardgrove, found in Bloody Run, near Chimborazo. Inquest fails to determine cause of death
1866-02-06, Richmond Examiner; more information about the “Ferrets” and Franklin Stearns – lists how they aided the Confederacy
1866-02-07, Richmond Examiner; Franklin Stearns draws pay from legislature and donated the same to help Henrico widows and orphans. Paper recounts another member ridiculing him for bad whiskey
1866-02-07, Richmond Examiner; letter from G. N. Gwathmey, denying that he was a member of the “Ferrets” – Pollard of the Examiner does not believe him
1866-02-07, Richmond Examiner; notes on the Belle Isle Cemetery – 150 bodies buried there, fence erected

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