| Richmond Dispatch | 10/30/1860; Political parties are meeting at various places, including Metropolitan Hall, First African Church, and Springfield Hall |
| Richmond Dispatch | 11/1/1860; description of the danger posed to men slating the steeple of the Broad Street Church. |
| Richmond Dispatch | 11/1/1860; Chapel of St. Paul’s on 5th, between Canal and Byrd Streets was consecrated yesterday |
| Richmond Dispatch | 11/7/1860; Smith’s Armory Band plays at all the different political parties’ headquarters, including the African Church |
| Richmond Dispatch | 11/12/1860; British account of the Prince of Wales’ trip to Richmond - notes on the ill-taste of the "ruffianly" Richmond crowds, the Prince’s visit to the state Capitol (important anecdote about the Houdon statue), St. Paul’s Church, the fair grounds, Hollywood Cemetery, Governor’s Mansion, Ballard House |
| Richmond Dispatch | 5/4/1861; Rev. Francis Boggs, the Chaplain at Camp Lee, has been elected Captain in the 1st VA Inf. |
| Richmond Dispatch | 5/29/1861; ladies of the Monumental Church are doing work for the soldiers in the Mechanics' Institute |
| Richmond Enquirer | 6/19/1861; Notes that the St. Francis de Sales Hospital has been recently established, and is treating Confederate soldiers - laudatory of the Catholic Church |
| Richmond Dispatch | 7/10/1861; Dr. Hoge, chaplain at Camp Lee, has set up collection place for donations next to the R. F. & P. depot |
| Richmond Dispatch | 7/27/1861; brief description of the hospital at Mason Hall Church; also description of the "Springfield Temperance" hospital (future GH#26), in the same neighborhood; notes they are both filling up |
| Richmond Enquirer | 8/5/1861; ladies of St. James Church have established a hospital at the corner of Main and 3rd (probably Robertson Hospital) |
| Richmond Whig | 8/6/1861; ladies of St. James Episcopal Church have obtained Judge Robertson's house, corner of 3rd and Main, for use as a hospital (later Robertson Hospital) |
| Richmond Enquirer | 8/20/1861; Centenary Methodist Church Hospital established |
| Richmond Enquirer | 8/20/1861; Two hospitals have been established by the Centenary Methodist Church |
| Richmond Whig | 8/20/1861; Sycamore Church establishes hospital in their lecture-room |
| Richmond Dispatch | 8/31/1861; good description of Sycamore Church Hospital; opened 8/21 |
| Richmond Enquirer | 8/31/1861; notice that Sycamore Church Hospital has been established |
| Richmond Dispatch | 9/11/1861; ladies of the First Baptist Church have procured a house on Fourth street beyond Leigh to use as a hospital |
| Richmond Enquirer | 9/27/1861; description of the Bethel Church Sunday school (20th and Cary streets) |
| Richmond Dispatch | 11/1/1861; Rev. John C. McCabe appointed chaplain of area military posts |
| Richmond Dispatch | 11/2/1861; more details on Rev. Dr. McCabe - came from the 32VA |
| Richmond Dispatch | 11/22/1861; Dr. McCabe, post Chaplain, overwhelmed with work |
| Richmond Dispatch | 12/7/1861; excellent directory of churches in Richmond, pastors, and times of worship |
| Richmond Whig | 1/22/1862; Description of the funeral of Pres. John Tyler. Body taken from the "Hall of Congress" to St. Paul's, where the funeral sermon was delivered, and thence to Hollywood Cemetery. Notes that the weather was exceedingly bad. |
| Richmond Whig | 2/17/1862; description of the funeral of Capt. O. J. Wise at St. James' Church and Hollywood Cemetery. A large number of people came to see the body while it was lying in state, in a metallic coffin, in the Confederate Senate Room at the Capitol. |
| Richmond Dispatch | 2/25/1862; Wind storm: slate blown off steeple of Broad Street M. E. Church, also adjacent scaffolding; 100 yards of Petersburg RR bridge track and flooring blown into the river; 50 old pines at Howard’s Grove fall – smash into half dozen houses formerly used by 57 VA; tin roof at Greanor’s Factory (future Castle Thunder), 18th St., blown off. |
| Richmond Dispatch | 3/6/1862; list of recent arrests of Unionists including Rev. Bosserman of 1st Independent Christian Church, Mayo St. |
| Richmond Dispatch | 4/1/1862; 2nd Baptist Church melts bell for “2nd Baptist Church Battery;” John Tanner, of Tredegar, involved |
| Richmond Dispatch | 4/12/1862; old cannon on street corners should be recycled – bell in steeple of Dr. Reed’s Church sent to the Armory to be recycled |
| Richmond Dispatch | 4/14/1862; Shakespearian reading at African Church |
| Richmond Dispatch | 4/28/1862; soldier of the 21st MI loitering about the "C. S. Military Prisons" [Libby Prison] is taken into custody, assaults "Mr. Ross, clerk of the prison" and Lieut. Turner "who has charge of the prison" sends him to the Provost Marshal. Man attempts to escape, shot at 19th & Cary, rear of Quaker Meeting House, taken to Libby Prison, where he dies |
| Richmond Enquirer | 5/7/1862; congregation of the Disciples church makes a donation to Winder Hospital |
| Richmond Dispatch | 5/13/1862; Peterfield Trent asks City Council to set aside Clay St Chapel as hospital - request denied; quarter ending 4/30: 114 white interments at Shockoe, 16 of them POW |
| Richmond Dispatch | 5/15/1862; Editorial regret that Clay St Chapel not used as hospital |
| Richmond Dispatch | 5/20/1862; little boy hurt by falling from wall at St. John’s Churchyard |
| Richmond Dispatch | 5/29/1862; Ladies making hospital bedding at St. Paul’s church |
| Richmond Dispatch | 5/30/1862; Monumental Church ladies sewing beds for hospitals |
| Richmond Enquirer | 5/31/1862; ladies of the various churches are requested to make bedding for the hospitals |
| Richmond Dispatch | 6/4/1862; New hospital established at Ridge Church (in the west end) |
| Richmond Dispatch | 6/4/1862; Many churches sent pew cushions to Med. Dir |
| Richmond Dispatch | 6/5/1862; Sycamore Church ladies making bed sacks |
| Richmond Dispatch | 6/24/1862; Josephine Rupert, lady making “equipments for the soldiers” at St. Paul’s Church falls through trap door in belfry - not badly injured |
| Richmond Dispatch | 7/1/1862; Seaman's Bethel church, 20th street, has been taken as a hospital |
| Richmond Dispatch | 7/9/1862; Walter Coles in charge of Bosher & Spotswood Hotel hospital. Thanks donors by name. Rev. Hoge is among the contributors. |
| Richmond Dispatch | 7/12/1862; details on funeral of a man who accidentally drowned at Drewry’s Bluff - funeral at Trinity M. E. Church |
| Richmond Dispatch | 7/14/1862; Daily prayer meetings at 2nd Presbyterian Church |
| Richmond Dispatch | 7/22/1862; Ladies at First Baptist Church Hospital thank a Mecklenburg lady for provisions |
| Richmond Dispatch | 7/30/1862; special meeting for members of 2nd Presbyterian Church |
| Richmond Dispatch | 8/2/1862; special preaching at Trinity Methodist Episcopal, 20th & Broad |
| Richmond Dispatch | 8/8/1862; Sallie Tompkins thanks St. Paul’s Church, Hanover County, for money donated to hospital |
| Richmond Dispatch | 8/18/1862; daily prayer meeting at Centenary Church |
| Richmond Dispatch | 8/19/1862; Money and a prayer book found in “gallery” of St. John’s Church |
| Richmond Dispatch | 8/25/1862; daily prayer meeting at 2nd Presbyterian Church |
| Richmond Dispatch | 9/23/1862; Someone stole one of the old silver communion goblets from St. Paul’s |
| Richmond Dispatch | 9/27/1862; Russell’s starch factory “in Rocketts old field” burned to the ground. Was lately in use as a hospital and formerly known as the Second Baptist Church Chapel. |
| Richmond Dispatch | 10/7/1862; 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 |
| Richmond Dispatch | 10/27/1862; Summary of synod of Presbyterian Church; Rev. J. D. Thomas holds regular services at Battery #8 |
| Richmond Dispatch | 11/11/1862; report on meeting of city citizens for shoes – J. L. Burrows, 1st Baptist Church, chairman. $4-5 thousand raised on the spot. List of committee members for various wards including Luther Libby, Wm. Greanor, Jno. R. Ballard, T. W. Hoeniger, James H. Grant, Joel B. Watkins, General J. R. Anderson & many more. One group to meet at J. R. Anderson’s home. |
| Richmond Dispatch | 12/18/1862; an organist needed at St. John’s Church |
| Richmond Dispatch | 12/20/1862; L. L. Lee “uneducated orator” to speak at African Church |
| Richmond Sentinel | 1/6/1864; Ladies of Union Station Methodist Church furnished New Year's meal at Howard's Grove. |
| Richmond Whig | 5/2/1864; description of the death of little Joseph Davis, son of Pres. Jefferson Davis, in a fall from a balcony at the Confederate White House. |
| Richmond Whig | 5/14/1864; description of the funeral of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart and interment in Hollywood Cemetery; gives list of pall-bearers, including Pres. Davis, many generals, and members of Congress |
| Richmond Whig | 9/17/1864; Rev. George Patterson of the Episcopal Church, officiated at Gen. Morgan's funeral |
| New York Times | 4/11/1865; Article describing the White House of the Confederacy, the military governance of the city, the destruction done by the fire (particularly to the mills), the newspapers in Richmond and what has become of the editors, and an extremely detailed account of the jubilee meeting at First African Baptist Church. |
| New York Times | 4/30/1865; Episcopal Churches are still closed. Author met Mathew Brady in Richmond 4/22/1865 and remarks on his photographs of Robert E. Lee. |
| Richmond Dispatch | 12/31/1870; Memorial services for Erasmus Ross, former clerk of Libby, held in Monumental Church; Ross killed in the Spottswood fire |
| National Tribune | 7/27/1899; "A Union Man in Richmond;" description of sentiment in Richmond leading up to secession; John Minor Botts' speech at the African Church, and the Secession Convention in the Mechanics' Institute. |
