From The Daily Dispatch: November 7, 1862:

Died
On the 6th inst, after an illness of eleven weeks, from injuries received on the railroad, Charles Walter, youngest son of George and Emily C. Green, aged 7 years5 months and 7 days. He leaves an affectionate mother, one brother and sister, and a great many relatives and friends to mourn their loss. May he rest in peace!

When the bloom of health was on his check,
The light of hope illumined his eye,
He seemed as destined long to live–
Too bright and beautiful to die.
But the relentless spoiler came,
And touched him with his blighting hand;
And, like a bird from prison freed,
He pleased into the spirit land.

His funeral will take place from the Oregon Hill Baptist Chapel, at 3 o’clock this evening. The friends and acquaintances of the family are invited to attend without further notice.

From The Daily Dispatch: October 17, 1864:

At the residence of his grandmother, on Oregon Hill, Charles T. Barnum, of wounds received near Petersburg; aged twenty-one years and eighteen days.

Fourt this , when life shall cease to thrill this heart of mine;

But not like then can I forget one look or tone of thine;

Oh no at mingles with the sound of everything I hear.

Forget this a bitter word; I would it were un

Forgetfulness is not with life, but the silent dead.

I may cease to think of thee as earthly morning

But, oh ! I’d meet my brother in heaven with heart unchanged and true.

Things we prize are first to vanish; hearts we love to pass away;

But my brother, thus slain in battle, grieves my from day to-day.

The noble crew, but mangled form, lies silent in the

His form now fills a christian soldier’s grave, in battle’s hour bespoke the true and

The bright, no longer fettered by earth’s in seven dwells — the glory of the father sleeps his last long sleep beneath Virginia in death’s cold grasp unnerved he rests every toll. Around him numbers lie, company in the strife, which chilled his manly heart away his life. He’s gone! The bright should guide the heart’s the falling tear. Life’s weary march to own his reward begun; the enemy of life is the won.

His will take place at the Methodist in Hill, Monday, the 17th, at four o’clock friends of the family are respectfully

Baltimore and Philadelphia papers please copy.

From The Daily Dispatch: October 13, 1862:

Twenty-five Dollars reward.

–Strayed from my residence, on Oregon Hill, a young white Cow, with brown ears and nose, the front part of her fore legs brown below the knees. I bought her from Mr. Patrick Grace near Rocketts, and I think probably she is down that way, if she has not been taken up and sold. I will give the above reward if she is delivered to me, or for any information that will enable me to get her.

oc 10–3t* Wm. W. Timberlake.

From Out Of The Box blog post:

The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that the records of the Virginia Penitentiary (Accession 41558) are now available to researchers. The collection contains 289 bound volumes and 698 boxes of paper records spanning nearly 200 years (1796-1991; bulk 1906-1970). Included are administrative records such as annual reports, correspondence, office and subject files, minute books, photographs, and blueprints, as well as specific records related to the State Convict Road Force and State Convict Lime Grinding Board. Also included are financial records such as account books, cash books, ledgers, payrolls, and receipt books. The prisoner-related records include: prisoner registers, 1865-1980; photographs and negatives, 1906-1914, 1934-1961 and 1965-1966; medical records; commitment orders; punishment records; escape reports; index cards; and execution files. The records of the Virginia Penitentiary document the institution’s operational history, prisoners, and the evolution of corrections in Virginia.