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, Va., vicinity. Engineers building cordu…
1862 June.
1 negative : glass, stereograph, wet collodion ; 4 x 10 in. | Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 18…
Richmond, Va. Ruins of paper mill; wrecked paper-…
1865 April.
1 negative : glass, stereograph, wet collodion ; 4 x 10 in. | Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subjec…
Richmond, Va. Ruins of paper mill with water-wheel
1865
1 negative : glass, stereograph, wet collodion ; 4 x 10 in. | Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subjec…
Richmond, Va. General view of the burned district
1865 April.
1 negative : glass, wet collodion. | Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subjects: united states, wet co…
Richmond, Va. Wagon train of Military Telegraph C…
1865 June.
1 negative : glass, wet collodion. | Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subjects: glass negatives, un…
The custom house, Richmond, Va., Ap. 1865
1865 April.
1 photographic print : albumen. Subjects: united states, albumen prints, civil war, war damage, destruction & pillage, history, virginia, richmond, c…
Railroad yard ruins, Richmond, Va.
1865?
1 photographic print : albumen. Subjects: railroad shops & yards, united states, albumen prints, civil war, war damage, destruction & pillage, histor…
![Castle Thunder Prison, Petersburg [i.e. Richmond], April, 1865](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/7354/1/thumbnail.webp)
Castle Thunder Prison, Petersburg [i.e. Richmond]…
1865 April.
1 photographic print : albumen. | Photograph shows a Union guard standing next to Castle Thunder, a Confederate military prison in Richmond, Virginia…
Ruins in Richmond
1865 April.
1 photographic print : albumen. | Photograph shows two soldiers, three boys and piles of cannonballs among ruins. Subjects: soldiers, children, unite…
![Confederate hosp[ital] near Richmond, Va., Ap[ril] 1865](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/7366/1/thumbnail.webp)
Confederate hosp[ital] near Richmond, Va., Ap[ril…
1865 April.
1 photographic print : albumen. Subjects: military hospitals, united states, military facilities, albumen prints, civil war, confederate, history, vi…
Gravesite memorial of Major General J.E.B. Stuart
between 1864 and 1870?
1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 10 x 6 cm (carte de visite format) | Photograph shows gravesite memorial with bust sculpture and i…
![The Meritanza [i.e. Maratanza], as she appeared immediately after the capture of the Teazer [i.e. Teaser]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/7372/1/thumbnail.webp)
The Meritanza [i.e. Maratanza], as she appeared i…
1862
1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 8 x 11 cm (carte de visite format) | Photograph shows Union gunboat Maritanza after capture of the…
![C[i]ty Hospital, Richmond](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/7374/1/thumbnail.webp)
C[i]ty Hospital, Richmond
1865 April 12.
1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen ; 8 x 17 cm. | Stereograph showing exterior view of City Hospital in Richmond, Va. Subjects: stereograp…
Richmond, Va., April 1865, the Belle Isle railroa…
1865
1 photograph : print on card mount, hand-colored ; mount 17 x 8 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows the ruins of a covered bridge from the sou…
Rocketts & James River
between 1861 and 1865
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17 x 8 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows an aerial view of Rocketts Landing on the James River in…
View of Main Street
between 1861 and 1865?
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows a view of a busy street scene in Richmond, Virginia.…
Stonewall Jackson's statue
between 1875 and 1890
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows a statue of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson in…
Belle Isle - prisoners' camp
1865
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17 x 8 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows an aerial view of Belle Isle in the middle of the James …
View on the James River
1860-1870
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows two children leaning against a fence with the James …
Tredegar Iron Works
1860-1870
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows the Tradegar Iron Works, a major producer of cannons…
Including the Crater and Blanford (i.e. Blandford…
1880-1890
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows the Blandford cemetery with Blandford Church in the …
Castle Thunder, used as Confederate prison, Richm…
between 1866 and 1878
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17 x 8 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows Charles H. Page's Coal and Wood business operating near…
Drury's (i.e. Drewry's) Bluff - Fort Darling
1862?
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 9 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows one of the sunken obstructions in the James River bene…
Libby Prison
between 1865 and 1869
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows a man standing in front of Libby Prison, a Confedera…