Richmond National Cemetery
Information about Richmond National Cemetery in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

List of Deaths at Richmond National Cemetery

Written Accounts

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.
1866-02-07, Richmond Examiner; notes on the Belle Isle Cemetery – 150 bodies buried there, fence erected
1866-08-11, Richmond Dispatch; detailed list of reinterments of Union dead at the various national cemeteries – Belle Isle, Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill, Seven Pines, Fort Harrison, Hollywood and Oakwood included
1867-03-29, Richmond Dispatch; list of National Cemeteries and numbers of dead interred. Richmond Nation Cemetery is noted as “not completed”
1867-08-10, Southern Opinion; description of Belle Isle as a prison camp – notes on the cemetery, the origins of the prison,the current state of the island
1869-10-14, Richmond Dispatch; statement of number of dead in various National Cemeteries in Virginia
1871-04-25, Richmond Dispatch; long recommendation for Chimborazo to be made into a park. Details as to current ownership, its present use as a Freedmen’s camp, and pre-war use as a “common”
1872-03-30, Richmond Dispatch; Superintendent of Fort Harrison National Cemetery transferred to Richmond, creating vacancy
1875-06-24, Richmond Dispatch; Capt. A. F. Rockwell, assistant quartermaster, order to take charge of many national cemeteries in Virginia, including all those around Richmond.
1876-05-31, Richmond Dispatch; lengthy description of the Richmond National Cemetery and the Federal decoration day taking place there

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