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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Castle Thunder Prison, Petersburg [i.e. Richmond]
1865 April.
1 photographic print : albumen. | Photograph shows soldiers in courtyard, Castle Thunder Prison, Richmond, Virginia. Subjects: castle thunder prison …
Union soldiers pull a fire engine from a garage d…
1865
1 photographic print : albumen. Subjects: military personnel, fire engines & equipment, united states, union, equipment & supplies, albumen prints, c…
Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., April 1865
1865 April.
1 photographic print : albumen. | Photograph shows the north side of Libby Prison, a Confederate military prison taken over by Union troops. Subjects…
Statue of George Washington on horseback on top o…
1865 April 12.
1 photographic print : albumen. Subjects: monuments & memorials, united states, albumen prints, civil war, monuments, washington, george, sculpture, …
Richmond, Va. View of "Rocketts" & James River,
1864?
1 photographic print : albumen. | Photograph shows the Confederate shipyard and dock on the James River southeast of Richmond. Subjects: aerial views…
Manchester Mills & pontoon bridges, Ap. 15, 1865,…
1865 April 15.
1 photographic print : albumen. | Photograph shows pontoon bridges across the James River and Manchester Mill, part of a Confederate industrial compl…
Richmond, looking across canal basin, Capitol and…
1865 April.
1 photographic print : albumen. | Photograph shows the waterfront of Richmond, Va. with ruins in background. Subjects: waterfronts, united states, al…
Ruins of paper mill and railroad bridge, Richmond
1865?
1 photographic print : albumen. Subjects: united states, albumen prints, civil war, war damage, destruction & pillage, history, virginia, richmond Lo…
Ruins at Richmond, Va., canal in foreground, ruin…
1865 April
1 photographic print : albumen. Subjects: united states, albumen prints, civil war, destruction & pillage, history, virginia, richmond, canals Locati…
Captured guns at Richmond ready for transportatio…
1865 May.
1 photographic print : albumen. | Photograph showing a stockpile of captured Confederate weapons at Rocketts wharf in Richmond. Subjects: artillery (…
The Libby Prison
between 1861 and 1865, printed later
1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 6 x 11 cm (carte de visite format) | Photograph shows men and a horse next to tents in front of Li…
Robert E. Lee monument, Monument Avenue, Richmond…
1890
1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; sheet 19 x 15 cm, mount 26 x 21 cm | Photograph shows equestrian monument by Antonin Mercié soon after i…
Monument to Stonewall Jackson, Monument Avenue, R…
Oct. 1919.
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; mount 19 x 24 cm. Subjects: army, monuments & memorials, united states, jackson, stonewall, commemoration, civi…
Libby Prison
between 1861 and 1865
1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen ; 8 x 17 cm. Subjects: buildings, stereographs, united states, albumen prints, civil war, detention fac…
Libbey (i.e. Libby) Prison from Union Hotel, Rich…
1865 April 6.
1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen ; 8 x 17 cm. | Stereograph showing exterior view of the prison with people milling about in the prison …
Castle Thunder, Richmond, on Carey, (i.e. Cary) f…
1863 April 6.
1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen ; 8 x 17 cm. | Stereograph showing exterior of a building used by the Confederacy to detain Union soldi…
Ruins of the Arsenal, Richmond
1865
1 photograph : print on card mount, hand-colored ; mount 18 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows the ruins of the former Virginia State A…
Gen. Lee's residence during the war
between 1861 and 1865
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows three people in front of the home of General Robert …
Main St. above 8th, west view
between 1865 and 1875
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows a commercial area along Main Street in Richmond, Vir…
Monument of Confederate dead, Hollywood
between 1870 and 1880?
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows the monument dedicated in Nov. of 1869 to Confederat…
Monument to Confederate dead
between 1870 and 1880?
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows the monument dedicated in Nov. of 1869 to Confederat…
Monument at Richmond erected to Confederate soldi…
between 1870 and 1880?
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows the monument dedicated in Nov. of 1869 to Confederat…
Richmond, Va., 1865, Monumental Church
1865?
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17 x 8 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows Monumental Church at 1224 E. Broad Street, in Richmond, …
Richmond from Manchester
1865?
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17 x 8 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows an aerial view of Richmond before the evacuation of the …