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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View of burnt district
between 1861 and 1865
1 photograph : gelatin silver print on card mount ; 10 cm. x 6 cm. (carte de visite format) | Photograph shows an aerial view of ruins along a street…
Ruins of the arsenal
between 1861 and 1865
1 photograph : gelatin silver print on card mount ; 10 cm. x 6 cm. (carte de visite format) | Photograph shows ruins of the State Arsenal along the c…
Shipyard
between 1861 and 1865
1 photograph : gelatin silver print on card mount ; 10 cm. x 6 cm. (carte de visite format) | Photograph shows a ship building facility in a rural ar…
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View of Rockets [i.e. Rocketts]
between 1861 and 1865
1 photograph : gelatin silver print on card mount ; 10 cm. x 6 cm. (carte de visite format) | Photograph shows a view of Rocketts and the south side …
Soldiers, other people, and tents of Confederates…
1863
1 photographic print. Subjects: libby prison, united states, civil war, confederate, tents, detention facilities, history, virginia, richmond, photog…
Richmond as seen from Belle Island
between 1861 June and 1864 February
1 drawing on cream paper : pencil (and pastel?) ; 22.8 x 32.2 cm. (sheet). | Belle Island prison camp in foreground, detailed image of Richmond in ba…
Richmond
1865 ca. April 3
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,…
Libby again. Rebel soldiers waiting for accommoda…
1865 ca. April-May
1 drawing on olive paper : pencil ; 24.9 x 34.2 cm. (sheet). Subjects: soldiers, libby prison, guards, drawings, united states, james river, union, s…
Ruins of the water wheel in Gallego Flour Mills, …
1865 April 13
1 drawing on olive paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 22.3 x 18.7 cm. (sheet). Subjects: drawings, united states, mills, civil war, american, waterwh…
Ruins of Petersburg and Richmond railroad bridge,…
1864 April, c1866.
1 photographic print : albumen. | Photograph showing the ruins of a Confederate bridge, destroyed by the Union army, from the Richmond side of the Ja…
Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia
1864 April, c1866.
1 photographic print : albumen. | Photograph showing a group of people gathered outside Libby Prison, an old tobacco warehouse and former Confederate…
View on canal, near Crenshaw's Mill, Richmond, Vi…
1864 April, c1866.
1 photographic print : albumen. | Photograph showing a view of the canal on which supplies were brought to the Confederate capital. Crenshaw's flour…
Richmond, Va. Side and rear view of Libby Prison
1865
1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. | Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subje…
Richmond, Va. Stacked and scattered ammunition ne…
1865 April.
1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. | Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subject…
Richmond, Va. Captured siege guns at Rocketts; di…
1865.
1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. | Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subje…
Richmond, Va. Castle Thunder, Cary Street
1865
2 negatives (3 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. | Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subj…
Richmond, Va. Left side and rear of Capitol
1865.
1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. | Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subje…
Richmond, Va. St. John's Church from graveyard
1865.
1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. | Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subje…
Richmond, Va. Henry Clay memorial on the Capitol …
1865
1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. | Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subje…
Richmond, Va. Washington Monument; St. Paul's Chu…
1865.
1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. | Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subje…
Richmond, Va. View on James River and Kanawha Can…
1865.
1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. | Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subject…
Richmond, Va. Grounds of the ruined Arsenal with …
1865.
1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. | Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subje…
Richmond, Va. Ruined buildings in the burned dist…
1865.
1 negative : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. | Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subjects: stereogr…
Richmond, Va. View of the burned district and the…
1865.
1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. | Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subject…