The smoke stack of the rebel ram Virginia at the Rocketts, Richmond, Va., showing the effects from shot and shell, after the return from her raid down the river
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Source:
Library of Congress
Collection:
Civil War
Date:
1865
Region:
Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from collection)
Description:
1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 9 x 17 cm (stereograph format) | Stereograph shows the destroyed smoke stack from ironclad ram C.S.S. Virginia II. Subjects: smokestacks, armored vessels, confederate, history, equipment & supplies, war damage, civil war, photographic prints, stereographs, richmond, united states, virginia Locations: united states, richmond, virginia Notes: Title from item. Corresponding glass negatives: LC-B811-3152B, left, and LC-B811-3152A, right. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. acquired the negatives from the studio of Mathew Brady in exchange for photographic supplies. Purchase; Russell Norton; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012: 069).
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By:
mhpob
Date:
Nov 12, 2025
Total:
2 submissions
Confidence:
Low
Validations:
0
Notes:

Rockett's was the area upriver of the current Rockett's Landing.

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Georeferenced by John Pole
Oct 31, 2025 11:05 AM
37.511094, -77.416356
89°
Low Confidence
0 validations

Description says it's Rocketts, but hard to identify any specifically locatable features from the picture

Georeferenced by mhpob Current
Nov 12, 2025 12:25 PM
37.522638, -77.417518
55°
Low Confidence
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Rockett's was the area upriver of the current Rockett's Landing.