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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Ruins in the "Burn't District"
1865
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17 x 8 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows an aerial view of demolished buildings after the Confede…
Old Stone House
1865
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17 x 8 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows a group of men standing inside and outside of a stone ho…
Spottswood (i.e. Spotswood) Hotel
between 1861 and 1865?
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows a street view of the Spotswood Hotel in Richmond, Vi…
State Capitol
1865
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows a street view of the Spotswood Hotel in Richmond, Vi…
State Capitol
1861
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows a crowd gathered for the Confederate Celebration at …
State Capitol
1865
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows a group in front of the Virginia State Capitol in Ri…
State Capitol
1865
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows the church yard surrounding St. John's Church in Ric…
U.S. Soldiers' Cemetery
1890?
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows the the newly constructed gazebo in the National Cem…
National Cemetery
1890?
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows the newly constructed gazebo with a United States fl…
National Cemetery view
1890?
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows the newly constructed gazebo in Soldiers' Cemetery i…
Jeff Davis' Mansion
1890?
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows a rear view of the residence of Jefferson Davis duri…
![[Virginia'a Washington Monument] Richmond, Va.](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/7402/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Virginia'a Washington Monument] Richmond, Va.
1860-1870?
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows a crowd gathered in front of the Washington Monument…
Washington Monument
1860-1870
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows a large crowd including uniformed soldiers gathered …
Washington Monument and fountain
1860-1870
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows a group standing around a frozen fountain in Capitol…
Washington Monument
1860-1870
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows the Virginia Washington Monument and the State Capit…
Washington Monument
1860-1870
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows the Virginia Washington Monument in Capitol Square i…
Castle Thunder - Confederate prison
1865?
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17 x 8 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows Castle Thunder on Cary Street in Richmond where Union so…
Libby Prison
between 1861 and 1864
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows the Gallego Flour Mill on the James River before the…
Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.
1865
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 18 x 10 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows a street view of the Confederate military prison in Ric…
Washington Monument, Richmond, April 1865
April 1865
1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 209 x 309 mm, page 338 x 451 mm. | Photograph shows equestrian statue and pedestal designed by Thomas Crawford a…
Castle Thunder, Richmond
April 1865?
1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 205 x 301 mm, page 338 x 451 mm. | Photograph shows exterior of Castle Thunder Prison, formerly Confederate mili…
![Repairing pontoons disarranged by high water, Richmond, June 1865 [i.e., April 1865]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/7419/1/thumbnail.webp)
Repairing pontoons disarranged by high water, Ric…
April 1865
1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 208 x 307 mm, page 338 x 451 mm. | Photograph shows Union soldiers repairing pontoon bridge across the James Riv…
Richmond across the canal basin. Showing ruined b…
April 1865
1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 150 x 263 mm, page 338 x 451 mm. | Photograph shows damaged city of Richmond after being captured by the Union. …
Ruins of large flouring mill. May 1865
May 1865
1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 227 x 308 mm, page 338 x 451 mm. | Photograph shows destroyed Gallego Flour Mills, Richmond, Virginia. Subjects:…