Deaths
Information about deaths in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1862-09-29, Richmond Dispatch; dead infant found in millrace near Haxall’s Mill
1862-09-29, Richmond Enquirer; dead infant found in the canal between Haxall's Mill and the Danville Depot
1862-10-02, New York Herald; "Waste of Life Amongst the Rebels" comments on the published hospital statistics (mentions Winder and Chimborazo) and blames the mortality on the laziness of the Southerners
1862-10-06, Richmond Dispatch; long description of 10/4 execution of two 14th Va men at Camp Lee: Patrick McGowan & John Kelleher
1862-10-06, William A. Carrington CSR (M331) (no.15); Inspection report, for Clopton Hosp.
1862-10-06, William A. Carrington Papers; Inspection Report for Clopton Hospital
1862-10-07, Richmond Dispatch; Patrick Fagan kills James Morrissey with single punch. Both in Whitingham’s Battery. Fagan taken to Castle Thunder.
1862-10-07, Richmond Dispatch; death notice, R. N. Holstead, ex-Parker’s Battery, died 10/5, typhoid, age 22 yrs, 1 month, 2 days. Druggist at Royster Hospital at the time of his death. Funeral at Union Station Methodist Church
1862-10-11, Richmond Dispatch; Death notice of Saml. Hardgrove, d. 10/10/1862, age 65, Manchester residence.
1862-10-14, National Archives; Surgeon of GH#9 reports on the number of patients with compound fractures of the thigh that were treated without amputation. Out of the 35 reported, 28 died

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