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LL/108675
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
1865 (ca)
View from the Petersburgh [i.e. Petersburg] railroad Depot, Richmond, Va., looking south-west, showing a portion of the burnt district, and Gamble Hill in the distance
[The War for the Union. Photographic History.]

Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-18951 (digital file from original stereograph, front)
 
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) , copyright claimant
 
Photo shows buildings damaged by fires that began to burn out of control after the Confederate government and troops left Richmond, Va., at the end of the Civil War. Union troops helped put the fires out when they arrived on April 3, 1865. (Source: Civil War Trust, "Fall of Richmond," 2011, http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/warfare-and-logistics/warfare/richmond.html)
 
LL/108675


 

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