| Title |
Artist's depiction of the Union Army in the heart of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia, circa 1915-1924
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| Description |
Artist's depiction of the Union Army in the heart of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia, circa 1915-1924. Caption reads: "The burning of Richmond at the evacuation added a crowning horror to the multitudinous anxieties and privations its inhabitants had endured during the three years the city was the Capital of the Confederate States. While the conflagration was at its height the U.S. forces, under command of Maj. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel, entered and took possession of the stricken city. The sketch presents a view of 11th and Main Sts., looking East, and shows the facade of the then Exchange Bank of Virginia, the only portion of the building to escape destruction. The restored building is now the property of and occupied by the First National Bank of Richmond, Va." Message reads: "Is this the way it looked to you - Everything fine and the weather clear at last. Horace." Postmark date: February 7, 1924; Postcard number: 39877; Message included.
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| Extent |
1 images; Postcard; color |
| Date |
1915/1924-02-07 |
| Location |
United States; Virginia; North America; Richmond |
| Subject(s) |
War destruction & pillage; Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1864-1865; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Postcards |
| Citation |
Institute of American Deltiology postcard collection |
| Permanent Link |
https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/14152
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| Rights |
http://vocab.lib.umd.edu/rightsStatement#NoC-US
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| Digital Collection(s) |
- Cultural Preservation
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- National Trust Library Postcards
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