LG Tyler on politics in America
1884: From Lyon G. Tyler, The Life and Times of the Tylers (published 1884): All parties that have ever existed …
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Postscript to the Capitol Disaster: Court rules that Richmond can govern itself
From the Virginia Historical Society’s Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, “The Capitol Disaster” (Vol. 68, No. 2, April, 1960, pp. …
“Oh God what a day of horror, blood, and death it has been” – An eyewitness account of the Capitol Disaster
The text below is reprinted from the Virginia Historical Society’s Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, “The Capitol Disaster: A Letter …
“The court-room snapped in twain”
1870, April 27: One cannot read accounts of the 1870 Capitol Disaster without thinking of the late war as an …
Depicting the calamity in the Capitol
1870, April 27: From the Library of Virginia website, lva.virginia.gov: The Richmond Calamity-Citizens and Firemen Removing the Wounded, the Dying …
Background and details on the Capitol Disaster
1870, April 27: Some background on the Capitol Disaster. A plaque commemorating the Capitol Disaster of 1870 is on the …
The Capitol Disaster!
1870, April 27: The “Great Capitol Disaster” occurred. The following account is from 1896, by Charles Poindexter who wrote a “Hand-Book …
Tensions building in Richmond over Mayoralty
1870, April 1: The bitterness of Virginians towards the U.S. occupation was intense in the early years after the end …
The 1870 Richmond Mayoralty Case: bloodiest election in American history
1870, March 16: On this date, Henry K. Ellyson was elected Mayor of Richmond by the City Council. That’s when …
Draper’s Raid and the Invasion of Tappahannock
June 19, 1864: As Carroll M. Garnett in 1981 wrote in the Essex County Historical Society newsletter (“Tappahannock Vol. 19, …
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