Cemeteries
Information about Cemeteries in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

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
1881-05-25, Richmond Dispatch; notes on Memorial Day celebration to be held at the City Point National Cemetery. Visitors will have a chance to visit the monitor fleet now anchored at City Point.
1881-06-01, Richmond Dispatch; description of the Memorial Day activities at City Point, including decoration of graves (including the CSA graves) with wreaths designed by the commanding officer of the monitor fleet at City Point.
1884-05-31, Richmond Dispatch; account of National Decoration Day at Richmond National Cemetery – two “colored military companies” parade
1892-11-04, Richmond Times; Money being appropriated to rectify the “abominable condition” of Shockoe Hill Cemetery. The superintendent of the Almshouse is responsible for the cemetery with only two workmen to help. “Old Tredegar” section is one of the fe
1893-05-21, Richmond Dispatch; letter to the editor praising clean-up efforts at Shockoe Cemetery – advocates for more
1896-03-21, Richmond Planet; editorial comment on “colored cemeteries” – notes the lack of outrage about the “desecration of the burial ground on Poor-house Hill, North 5th Street”
1900-06-02, Richmond Dispatch; complaint to City Council about the “neglected condition” of Shockoe Cemetery – cemetery responds by declaring that the condition is the fault of the section-owners

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