1865 Written Accounts
Written accounts from various sources about Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

1865-11-07, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; machinery stolen from Tredegar Iron Works
1865-11-11, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; U. S. Army recruiting tent is on Capitol Square
1865-11-23, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VIII, pp. 815-816; testimony from one of Gen. Winder's policemen - Libby & Castle Thunder mentioned.
1865-11, The National Freedman; letter regarding schools and charity at City Point and Chimborazo. Author “organized a night school at the Chimborazo camp” for about 200 pupils
1865-12-02, Norfolk Post; Castle Thunder will be evacuated next week – the prisoners to transfer to Libby Prison. Libby Prison is now only ¼ of the former building – the rest is a storehouse
1865-12-05, Richmond Sentinel; violent brawl between members of the "20th N. Y. S. M." at the Moore Hospital (former GH24)
1865-12-12, Richmond Dispatch; long description of alleged negro thieves at Chimborazo – still described as “Chimborazo Hospital”
1865-12-13, Richmond Examiner; drunk US soldier sent to Castle Thunder for 10 days; man breaks in to Castle Godwin – much description. He sent to the Penitentiary
1865-12-16, Richmond Examiner; former General Hospital #14 is up for rent
1865-12-16, Richmond Examiner; interesting, and wordy, description of the demoralizing effect of the war. The war “is now over, and it only remains to us to cleanse the traces of war from our homes and hearts”

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