The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09
RICHMOND I'm THE DAYS
or THE CONFEOERACY

4 been permitted TO examine lIie ~. sl,e
1 ers, Guide and oficlal Directory OF the
/ city Of Richmond, published by George
4 p. Evans g. co. ii, 1883. At that time, IT
4 needs not to be said, Richmond was the
4 Capital Of tho Confederacy, and one OF
| tfA first items In THE Guide" Is the loca-
uon of the government buildings, as
| follows:
The Treasury Building' q granite
! structure, formerly known as the &c ustom
House ,, fronts on Main and Bank Streets.
midway between Tenth and Eleventh
/ Streets. Tho principal entrance Is OH
| Bank Street.
rrhe General postofrlce Building (for-
mcrly "Goddin's buildlng"). is a succeed
edifice at the corner OF Bank and Flew
Tho WAR Department Building (for-
merly Mechanics 1nstituta') fronts on
Ninth street, opposite Bank street. 1t Is
| sirmolnted by a largo and conspicuous
observatory.
! The State COURTHOUSE Is situated In the
| Capitol Square, at tho intersection OF
Franklin and, Twelfth Streets.
Tho City Hall fronts or. Broad and Cap
fol Streets, with NC entrance on
Eleventh Street gss @.
'.The Windcr Building fronts on Broad
and extends to Capitol Street, with sido
entrance on Tenth Street. 4
The next item gives the personnel OF
tho Confederate government, as follows;
.SS.Ss. j lat EXECUTIVE. Si8f3i }t b i
JEFFERSON Davis Of Mississippi President
Alexandria,. Stephens, OF Georgia. Vice.
President.
AIDS TO PRESIDENT.
Colonel William NJ Browne; residence!
Franklin Street, Church Hill, second DOR
from Twenty-sixth Street.
Colonel James Chestnut, OF South Caro-
lima.
Colonel William Preston johnson. Of
Kentucky; residence ut Mr.. Dill's. on
Meadow Bridge road.
Colonel Joseph c. Ives, OF mississippi;
residence. corner Grace and First Streets.
Colonel G. w. Custis Lee. OF Virginia:
residence. Franklin. between Seventh and
Eighth Streets u
Colonel John r. Wood; residence, Sixth
Street south@of Main. In rear OF Second
Baptist Church.. =
The Presidents Office was on the thlrd
,flcor.of the Treasury BUILDING. The Vice
President resided IN Georgia. but when
In Richmond he sojourned,, at the resi-
dcnce OF Mr.. Baskerville on Franklin
Street. between Eighth and Ninth. Hon.
Judah P. BENJAMIN was Secretary Of
State, with II. G Washington as chief
clerk His Office was In the front part
Of the Treasury building.
Hon. c. c.. Memminger, of South Caro-
lima, was Secretary Of tho Treasury. with
office In the same building. Hon, James
A. Seldom. Of Virginia, was Secretary of
War his Office being In the War Depart
nlent building. Hon. S. r.. Mallory, Of
Torldn, was Secretary OF the Navy.
his Office being on the second floor OF the
War Department building. Hon. Thomas
II. Watts, OF Alabama. was Attorney
General, with a 4. office on Tie second floor
fof the War Department building. Hon..
JohnsH. Rcagcn,3 OF Texas. was I'ostmas-
ter- General, with an office in the general
postof1lce building. Hls-residenco was a
the northwest corner of Marshall and
Second Streets. President Davis's resi-
dence was at the corner of Clay and
Twelfth Streets.
The Presidents private secretary was
Burton N. Harrison. Of Mississippi. who
resided at the Presidents house.
Thompson Allen. OF Georgia, was conl-
missioner OF taxes. witt, office In n back
building on Governor Street. formerly an
addition to the "Rchlnond House. ~ -. Gem
eral S. Cooper was adjutant and inspector,
general. his residence being on the north-
west corner OF Grace and Third streets.
Brigadier "A. r., Lawton, of Georgia, was
quartcrnlas with Office at the
southwest corner Of Main and Ninth
Streets Captain S. Putney was In charge
of the shoe department. S
Colonel j. C1orgas was chief OF ordnance,
with an office in the War building. The
Richmond arsenal was situated on Byrd
Island. as that part OF ,fl,e city between
the canal and the river was called. The
arsenal and adjacent ground occupied
nearly; four squares Of ground. fronting
on Seventh Street The building thereon
formerly used rs tobacco ia ctories We're
occupied as workshops. rs Tho laboratory
was on Browns Island, ut he foot OF
Seventh Street. with Ca plain NJ.
Smith in.clarge, The artillery workshops
were on Seventh, Street. south Of the
canal, with james 3. Brown superinten-
dent The artillery store WAS IN charge
/ OF Captain j. Wilcox Brown. and the ord
nance store. on Seventh Street, was III
..large of Q. W. Edwards. All of these
departments were under the command OF
Colonel w, Leroy. The armory was situ-
ated at the southern terminus OF Fifth
Street, with Major ". S. nowner IN
charge.
The commissary department was In
charge OF Colonel 7. B. Northrup, commits
sary- general, with office at No. 2l3 Main
Street near Ninth.
DR.. Samuel Preston Moore WINS surgeon
general, with an Office In the War sDepart-
me11ts building. His assistant was DR..
a. III. Smith. with Or. w. A. Darlington
as medical director and DR.. R. $. ,. Pee
bies as assistant to DR.. Carrington. Dr.
r. sorrell was inspector Of hospitals. The
military Department of Richmond In
icluded all that portion Of Eastern Vir-
gina not embraced within the Depart
.ment of Northern Virginia, General r. p,
Lee, commanding Aajor-General1 Arnold,
Elzcy was con1nandant OF the Depart
ment of Richmond.
Brigadier-G General G. II. Wnder was
commander Of the Department OF Hen
rico. !" his office being In the Winder build
Ing corner of Broad and Tenth streets.
HIS adjutants were Major J. ". aPegram
and Captain w. S. Winder.. Major p,
Grizwe was provost marshal. The pro
,vost marshals prison ("Castle Thunder'o
was on Cary Street, between Eighteenth
ana Nineteenth. with Captain ", Alex
nnder in charge Libby Prison (for prison,
ers OF war; was corner OF Cary and
twentieth Streets Captain 7, P, Turner
commanding: Captain La Touch, adju-
l.tant and Captain Jackson Warner quar-,
ternaster. Camp Lee was a military post
III the Departn,sSt of Henrico, Colonel
&, C. Shields commanding, The camp was
situated about one mile west Of the city.
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