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

1865-09-26, Richmond Whig; lengthy and descriptive account of a woman who shot her cheating boyfriend opposite Metropolitan Hall. She taken to a private apartment in Castle Thunder after spending a night in “the cage.”
1865-09-29, Richmond Whig; cavalrymen chase a mounted fugitive down Franklin street – at the market, fugitive flourishes his sword and escapes
1865-09-29, Richmond Whig; disinterment of Union graves in Richmond and on the battlefields will begin on 10/1/1865, having been stopped during the summer months. “Some thousands” buried in Oakwood. Agency in Washington is responsible for issuing permits.
1865-09-29, Richmond Whig; negro teamster shot while gathering wood for Howard’s Grove “between the intermediate and outer line of fortifications.” He sent to the hospital
1865-10-03, Richmond Whig; boy seriously injured after falling from the ruins of “Warwick’s Mills” (Gallego)
1865-10-20, Richmond Whig; Dutch Gap canal is to be purchased, widened and deepened
1865-10-20, Richmond Whig; The granite front of the Exchange Bank, destroyed in the evacuation fire, is being repaired and to be reused as a bank
1865-10-20, Richmond Whig; visitors from Washington D. C. city council tour the James River and Drewry’s Bluff
1866-01-09, Richmond Whig; important article about the re-organization of the Public Guard, to guard the Penitentiary, Capitol Square, “and the Armory, when we have one.”
1866-01-12, Richmond Whig; 20th NY and 24th MA are to be mustered out, and the 2nd Battn 12th US transferred, leaving the 11th US as the only troops left in Richmond

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