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

1862-01-24, Richmond Whig; Senate proposes a monument to John Tyler in Hollywood Cemetery. Governor states that the lot of ground near James Monroe was not large enough to accommodate Tyler's remains
1862-01-27, Richmond Whig; The Clay Statue in Capitol Square is becoming soiled from exposure to the weather
1862-01-28, Richmond Whig; Explosion at the Confederate Laboratory, on Byrd Island
1862-01-28, Richmond Whig; General Assembly passes a bill to move the line of the South Side Railroad to avoid the High Bridge, near Farmville, which has been scaring passengers
1862-01-28, Richmond Whig; Two soldiers get into a "shooting affair" in which one is wounded and taken to Louisiana Hospital
1862-01-30, Richmond Whig; temporary tobacco warehouse is proposed at the "Old Fair Grounds"
1862-01-30, Richmond Whig; Yankee prisoners on one side of Main street are selling carved bones to Confederate prisoners on the other.
1862-02-01, Richmond Whig; proposed tobacco warehouse at the "Old Fair Grounds" (Monroe Park) will not go over well in the neighborhood
1862-02-15, Richmond Whig; Capt. O. J. Wise's remains arrive via the Petersburg depot and taken to lie in state on the third floor of the Capitol in the room "recently fitted up for the occupancy of the Confederate Senate"
1862-02-17, Richmond Whig; description of the funeral of Capt. O. J. Wise at St. James' Church and Hollywood Cemetery. A large number of people came to see the body while it was lying in state

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