Civil War
from Library of Congress
Wide-ranging collection of drawings and photographs related to the Civil War from Richmond and the surrounding area.
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Richmond, from Oregon Hill. April, 1865
April 1865
1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 215 x 311 mm, page 338 x 451 mm. | Photograph shows bird's-eye view of war damaged Richmond, Virginia. Subjects:…
Richmond across the canal basin. Showing ruined b…
April 1865
1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 210 x 303 mm, page 338 x 451 mm. | Photograph shows cannons and cannon balls in the foreground with war damaged …
Manchester Mills with pontoons in foreground, May…
May 1865
1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 222 x 310 mm, page 338 x 451 mm. | Photograph shows pontoon bridges across the James River and Dunlop Flour Mill…
Ruins of Richmond, May 1865. Rear of large flouri…
May 1865
1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 210 x 306 mm, page 338 x 451 mm. | Photograph shows canal leading to destroyed Gallego Flour Mills with other in…
Ruins in Richmond
1865
1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 165 x 256 mm, page 338 x 451 mm. | Photograph shows men on Gambles Hill looking at destroyed Richmond. Subjects:…
Lifting derick built by Const. Corps for unloadin…
June 1865
1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 165 x 256 mm, page 338 x 451 mm. | Photograph shows derick on dock next to ship. Subjects: union, piers & wharve…
Washington Monument, Capitol Square, Richmond wit…
between 1865 and 1868
1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 102 x 62 mm (carte de visite format) Subjects: steeples, st. paul's episcopal church (richmond, va…
Washington Monument, in the Capitol grounds, Rich…
1865
1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 80 x 158 mm, mount 84 x 177 mm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows Washington Monument, designed by Thomas C…
Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.
between 1861 and 1865
1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen ; 17 x 8 cm. | Stereograph showing an exterior view of the site of the Confederate military prison. Sub…
Washington monument, in the Capitol grounds, Rich…
1865 April
1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen ; 18 x 10 cm. | Stereograph showing the Washington Monument with an equestrian statue of George Washing…
View on the Lynchburgh (i.e. Lynchburg) Canal, ne…
c1865.
1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen ; 18 x 10 cm. Subjects: destruction & pillage, transportation, canals, history, war damage, civil war, …
Ruins of the burnt district, from the canal basin…
c1865.
1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen ; 18 x 10 cm. | Stereograph shows ruins of Gallego Flour Mills in the distance. Subjects: union, destru…
St. Paul's Church, Richmond, Va.
1865.
1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen ; 10 x 18 cm. | Stereograph showing people mingling on the street outside of St. Paul's Episcopal Churc…
Old "Libby Prison" building, Richmond, Va.
1863 August 23.
1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen ; 18 x 10 cm. | Stereograph showing a group of people including Maj. Thomas P. Turner, Commandant of "T…
Panoramic view of Richmond in ruins
1865 April.
1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen ; 10 x 18 cm. | Stereograph showing an aerial view of the "burnt district" in Richmond, taken from the …
"Castle Thunder," Richmond, Va.
1865 April
1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen ; 10 x 18 cm. | Stereograph showing prison on Cary Street in Richmond, Virginia. The prison was used t…
"Castle Thunder", Richmond, Va.
1865 April
1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen ; 10 x 18 cm. | Stereograph showing the prison on Cary Street in Richmond, Virginia. The prison was use…
The smoke stack of the rebel ram Virginia at the …
1865
1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 9 x 17 cm (stereograph format) | Stereograph shows the destroyed smoke stack from ironclad ram C.S.S. Virginia I…
View of Richmond
between 1861 and 1865
1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows aerial view of Richmond, Virginia. Subjects: aer…
Ruins of the burnt district, from the Canal basin…
1865
1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows cannons, cannon balls, canal and building ruins,…
View taken from south side of Canal Basin, Richmo…
photographed 1865, [printed between 1880 and 1889]
1 photograph : albumen print on card mount. Subjects: history, civil war, richmond, albumen prints, united states, virginia Locations: united states,…
View taken from south side of Canal Basin, Richmo…
photographed 1865, [printed between 1880 and 1889]
1 photograph : albumen print on card mount. | Photograph shows ruins of Richmond, Virginia with soldier, cannon barrels and cannon balls in foregroun…
Ruins of Richmond, Va., April 1865
photographed 1865, [printed later]
1 photograph : gelatin silver print on card mount. | Photograph shows a soldier standing amid a pile of cannon balls and cannon barrels with ruins of…
Ruins of Richmond, Virginia
photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later
1 photograph : gelatin silver print on card mount. | Photograph shows a soldier standing by a pile of cannon barrels and cannon balls with the ruins …