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

1865-07-07, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; call for the return of Richmond College’s books to Dr. Taylor’s house “above Stuart Hospital”
1865-07-07, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; description of the ruins of the old Confederate Arsenal
1865-07-07, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; old coal yard near the Petersburg depot continues to burn, 97 days since the fire
1865-07-08, Richmond Whig; Provost Court meets daily at Castle Thunder
1865-07-12, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; Thos. Crellin is engaged in removing the wreck of the CSS Patrick Henry
1865-07-15, National Archives; Joseph R. Anderson appeals to Pittsburgh friends for help with a pardon. Important details regarding Tredegar’s wartime service. Vaguely mentions meeting Lincoln while in Richmond. Mentions Anderson’s property confiscated
1865-07-19, Washington (DC) Daily National Republican; interesting letter from a young woman describing the conditions and popular sentiment in Richmond at this time; describes the Fourth of July Celebration in Capitol Square
1865-07-20, National Archives; Dilworth Porter & Co. of Pittsburgh writes President Johnson to urge J. R. Anderson’s pardon. Anderson is described as a “man of integrity and very great enterprise”
1865-07-22, New Haven (CT) Columbian Weekly Register; clarification on the mutiny of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery at Drewry’s Bluff. .
1865-07-22, New Haven (CT) Columbian Weekly Register; letter describing a mutiny within the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery at Drewry’s Bluff.

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