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032-003227822 Subject War Damage

1. 1784.a.13, 2(93)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(93)
Title:
Ruins of Gaines' Mill, Va. April, 1865. Photographer: Reekie, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of the ruins of the brick-built mill, with a skeleton lying half-buried in the grass in the foreground. Situated about 10 miles north-east of Richmond near Old Cold Harbor, the Battle of Gaines's Mill (one of the Seven Days Battles) was a Confederate victory: 'Gaines...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

2. 1784.a.13, 2(91)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(91)
Title:
Ruins of Arsenal, Richmond, Va. April, 1865. Photographer: Gardner, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking towards the burnt-out shells of buildings, with figures posed among the debris and stacked shels of the Arsenal yard in the foreground: 'The Confederate Arsenal at Richmond was one of the most extensive establishments of the kind in the South. At the commence...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

3. 1784.a.13, 2(81)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(81)
Title:
View of the Petersburg Gas Works. May, 1865. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography General view of the damaged building: 'Showing in the roof, and in various other places, the damage sustained from General Grant's lines, which, during the year 1864, were advanced to within a mile and a half of this spot. A noble smoke-stack, upwards of eighty feet high,...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1865
Extent:
1 item

4. 1784.a.13, 2(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(88)
Title:
Ruins of Petersburg and Richmond Railroad Bridge, across the James. Photographer: Gardner, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View showing the standing stone piers of the pier running across the James River, after its destruction by the retreating Confederate forces. The photograph is taken from the Richmond side: 'In the background are seen the heights of Manchester, on which the rebels erected...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
1 item

5. 1784.a.13, 2(92)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(92)
Title:
View on canal, near Crenshaw's Mill, Richmond, Va., April, 1865. Photographer: Gardner, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking along the canal towards a stone bridge and burnt-out buildings beyond: 'The principal object in this picture is the ruin of what was once one of the finest flour mills in the country. Haxall's Mill had a floor surface of eight acres, and a water-power that ne...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item