Episode One: Hunger and the Richmond Bread Riot
The Richmond Bread Riot of 1863 reveals how deeply the Civil War affected civilian life in the Confederate South. Using contemporary newspaper accounts and historical analysis, this episode explores inflation, food shortages, and civilian unrest beyond the battlefield.
Sources
New York Times, April 10, 1863
New York Times, April 26, 1863
New York Times, April 30, 1889
Stephanie McCurry, Confederate Reckoning
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Episode Two: “Slave employed by Government”
This episode examines the use of enslaved labor at Confederate General Hospital No. 9 in Richmond, Virginia. Drawing on wartime hospital records, Steve Fisher explores the essential role these workers played in supporting Confederate medical operations and the challenges of uncovering their stories from incomplete historical records. This overlooked history reveals another dimension of the Civil War beyond the battlefield.
