Richmond

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Coordinates 37.531570, -77.448241

Direction 9° (N)

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Source:: Library of Congress
Collection:: Civil War
Date:: 1865 ca. April 3
Region:: Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from collection)
Description:: 1 drawing on brown paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 12.5 x 54.4 cm. (sheet). | Panoramic view of the city of Richmond in ruins. Subjects: drawings, united states, military facilities, civil war, confederate, american, richmond and petersburg railroad company, armories, destruction & pillage, cityscapes, commercial buildings, history, virginia, richmond Locations: virginia, richmond, united states Notes: Title inscribed below image. Inscribed within image as identifiers: Belle Isle [without the prison]; Peterbugh[sic]& Richmond RR.; Labratory[sic]; Holywood Cemetery; Tredegar Iron Works; Broken ground; Tredegar; Tredegar; Artillery; Ordinanc[e] Storehouse; Tredegar Foundry; Artil[l]ery Workshop; Arsenal. Inscribed on verso: Fall of Richmond scene after the fire. Published in: Harper's Weekly, 22 April, 1865, p. 253, as: The City of Richmond, Virginia, Looking Westward. Source unknown.
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