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Jefferson Davis Mansion

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Description: View across street toward the Jefferson Davis mansion. Caption reads: "Jefferson Davis Mansion, now Confederate Museum."
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Marshall House

Date: 1864
Description: Marshall House, in which Col. E.E. Ellsworth was shot on May 24, 1861.
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General Lee's Residence

Date: 1864
Description: A stereograph of exterior of General Lee's residence.
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Richmond Central School

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph of exterior of a building used as the Confederate government's Executive Mansion. This was where Jefferson Davis and his family stayed during t...
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Strasburg Hospital

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Description: Exterior of Strasburg Hospital. The four-story structure on the right was attached to the large house on the left around 1902. Caption reads: "Strasburg, V...
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Hampton Institute

Date: 1878
Description: A view of the Native American male dormitory, called "Wigwam." The structure has three floors, each with a balcony. A smaller building is next to it on the...
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Residences on Mountainside

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Description: Elevated view of a colony of residences in a mountain setting.
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Blue Ridge Terrace

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Description: Elevated view of the Blue Ridge Terrace, a large hotel on a mountain overlooking the valley. Cars are parked near the road, and three men are gathered on t...
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Country Road Intersection

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Description: View of an intersection of two dirt roads, East Market Street and Lafayette Street. A man, horseback, can be seen on the left, while two people walk past ...
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View of Town

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Description: Elevated view of town as seen from a hilly landscape. Published by The City Book Store.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Battlefields of Manassas and the Surrounding Region Showing the Various Actions of the 21st July, 1861 Between the Armies of the Confederate States and the United States

Date: 1864
Description: This map of the area of the First Battle of Bull Run shows military positions and troop movements as well as the names of landowners, vegetation and land u...
Map or Atlas

Henrico Co., Virginia, With Additions, Showing the Defensive Lines and Works of Richmond

Date: 1864
Description: This map created during the Civil War indicates Confederate fortifications, houses, names of residents, towns, roads, railroads, relief by hachures, draina...
Map or Atlas

Region Embraced in the Operations of the Armies Against Richmond and Petersburg

Date: 1865
Description: This detailed map of the area between Richmond and Petersburg shows fortifications, roads, railroads, towns, street patterns of Petersburg and Richmond, dr...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Battlefield of Five-Forks Comp. From Surveys Made Under the Direction of N. Michler, Major of Engineers

Date: 1865
Description: The map of the battlefield shows entrenchments, villages, roads, the "South Side Rail Road" drainage, vegetation, relief by hachures, houses, and names of ...
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Buildings at Walnut Grove

Date: 1938
Description: View toward a road with two large buildings, and a small building on the opposite side. In the foreground on the right is a monument.
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Walnut Grove Farm

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Description: View down road and across fields toward the Walnut Grove farm. The manor house is in the background on the left, a large barn with a silo is in the center....

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