RICHMOND APRIL 1865

[@paulmicelli5819]

Outstanding collection. Well done. Thank you

[@johncraske]

Fascinating - and beautiful quality photographs.

[@landon1086]

Thank you

[@cf8959]

Are these photographs taken by Matthew Brady? He was an extremely gifted photographer.

[@MatthewChenault]

The last two photos were taken at Oakwood Cemetery, in section C. Many of the dead there were wounded men - mainly from the Seven Days Battles - who had been treated in Richmond’s hospitals only to end up dead. The prominent grave in the next to last photo belongs to George W. Doss of the 11th Alabama who was wounded at the Battle of Gaines’ Mill and died in one of Richmond’s hospitals. He currently lies in Section C, Row N, Grave 63, though his grave is unmarked as are most of the graves seen in the photographs. The man in the background kneeling in front of the grave is someone I’ve suspected to be John Reekie; the lead photographer responsible for the two photographs as well as the iconic “Burial Team” photograph taken up at Cold Harbor National Cemetery. You can visit the location of the photograph today, though much has changed since then. Many of the trees have long since been uprooted, the headstones (wooden board) rotted away long ago and were replaced with plot markers, and the cemetery has since grown to encompass a large area along with a number of monuments built over the past 160 years.

[@seadog2396]

Very Impressive video with Excellent accompanying music, really. Additionally, high-quality images really deliver. Richmond was, clearly, a summation of the price the South would pay for their rebellion. As Shelby Foote said, "The North fought with one hand tied behind its back. When needed, it could have brought out the other arm and vastly increased the destruction Sherman created. This all was, without a doubt, the saddest, most heart-tearing episode in all American history. No one won. At least the South was left with some semblance of peace. My God, My God - What hath God wrought? Or did he, on this occasion, decide to not intervene and let Mankind determine its fate......

[@SandfordSmythe]

@NYPD Captain The local residents also acted up.

[@larrylishman6038]

Today it seems like some of our leaders are trying to make us forget about that terrible war. WE MUST preserve our history and learn from it. To remember and honor those brave soldiers on both sides is critical. Then we can forge ahead peacefully. God Bless that civil war generation and lets hope God will bless ours!

[@NathanDudani]

pReSeRvE

[@mistervacation23]

No mrs. Vickers those aren't Yankee Cannons coming down the road we're still hanging on to Richmond

[@johnaugsburger6192]

Thanks so much

[@melobstah11]

Your welcome!!!

[@GeorgeWashingtonX]

The house at 6:15 looks like the (current) Edgar Allen Poe museum.. can anybody confirm it is the same building [?]

[@aintnolittlegirl9322]

Yep. Same building.

[@cidguridy8389]

Yep, Poe museum said to be oldest bldg in Richmond, 1658.

[@MatthewChenault]

It’s the stone house, which was one of the earliest buildings in Richmond along with Saint John’s Episcopal Church. It is also featured in the video, which, at the time, did not have its bell tower due to being destroyed by lightning some years prior.

[@joepepi7394]

I love these frozen bits of time and history!

[@shelbyseelbach9568]

That is exactly what every photograph ever taken is, every single one.

[@davidstewart1743]

3:51 is that a photo from the lawn of the capitol building?looking towards the river...

[@hudson5112]

Yes, the view is from the southern edge of Capitol Square looking towards the river. Bank Street is in the immediate foreground and the Custom House can be seen at the right edge of the photo. The Custom House (b.1858) survived the Evacuation Fire and still stands. During the War, the CH was home to the Confederate Treasury Dept. and after the War it was where Jefferson Davis was brought to face charges for treason.

[@timothydillow3160]

The city was found that way. This was the beginning of our country. What we don't see in these photographs are the belongings of these people close furniture tools things like that, Lincoln Log Cabin huh?

[@alanrobison8684]

excellent excellent great creative music fine choice

[@stevereed8786]

The biggest mistake was slavery. Look how bad things are today. Nothing can fix it.

[@stevereed8786]

Walter Dumbrowski It looks like segregation is about to make a comeback and that sounds like it will make everyone happy. I don't see any kind of coexist in our future that's for sure.

[@erminiobarbosa8096]

How did they get such good pictures? We, Brazilians, have very poor images of the Paraguayan war, to say almost nothing. And it was five years later ... how late we are ...

[@zzgeorgezdane8559]

Primarily only 1 period of buildings were targeted. Those w a specific floor height and doorway dimension. Same type of destruction happened to greatest buildings ever photographed after chicago worlds fair of 1892.

[@KishorTwist]

I've been reading articles on the fall of Richmond by the Union military and it was really interesting. The Confederates were lacking in soldiers and supplies.

[@malcigloe]

Bla bla bla

[@nickbaughan1803]

is that Pratt's Castle at 2:42? anyone know?

[@user-eu2me4bp7j]

Its for sale now...

[@hudson5112]

That is Pratt's Castle. Built c.1854 by William Pratt and modelled after the estates of his Scottish ancestors, the Castle was made of sheet iron attached to a wooden frame. It had 20 rooms and a 50'-high tower. Pratt's Castle was located at the Southeast corner of 4th and Arch Streets and was demolished in 1958 for construction of the headquarters of Ethyl Corporation

[@rogercarroll2551]

@@user-eu2me4bp7j It was torn down in the late 50s.

[@erniewatters8903]

also there were a lot of confederates report burned was there not?

[@eliotreader8220]

was that steam engine inside a engine shed that burned down or was she just damaged to stop it from being used by the union army

[@tina8palmer]

That was fantastic!

[@lev0n3241968]

Great vid! Love the music! Any info on who composed it?

[@zzgeorgezdane8559]

For a more accurate description of why these buildings were destroyed see UAP channel. Thanks for posting these pics. They are soon ro be lost from history.

[@virginiaorganbuilder]

Found the city smolding?

[@jimwilson7824]

Robert E. Lee's face says it all.

[@leroypuckett3441]

How sad and it really wasn't that long ago

[@merrimac290]

The north should have let the south go, in my opinion. Lincoln was kind of a tyrant.

[@ruleamericana2301]

the north never does revisionism ever. Just like the west. They never do propaganda ever you alt right anti intellectual nazi

[@avenaoat]

A very weak French and British semi colony North America, with diversificated cotton production in the World! Newer raw cotton producers arrived to the cotton market fro 1858! Slavery system in the XXth Century.

[@slantsix6344]

Richmond, Virginia was attacked and destroyed during the Revolutionary War too. So it was destroyed twice by invading armies. Benedict Arnold attacked and burnt Richmond in 1781 after he switched sides to fight with the British.

[@maaz322]

Except the burning of Richmond was self-inflicted in this instance.

[@fireextinguisherr1]

they should make a battlefield out of this

[@Erik_830]

FPS games with muskets would suck

[@mistervacation23]

You do make em short

[@melobstah11]

Hopefully it sparks an interest.

[@mistervacation23]

@@melobstah11 a good one though

[@biggestd1161]

Check out mud floods

[@francomagno4789]

what sad pictures

[@eawatahatanguatama383]

Not for us who were in slaved in Richmond. If you knew the history behind it. It was a great time for black people

[@southernman5839]

I didn't see one black person that was dressed any different than a white person in this video. I think a lot of them were treated good by the way they looked.

[@laceyspacey8161]

🖕

[@southernman5839]

lacey spacey True statement.

[@solinvictus39]

Unfortunately the narrative is that most slaves were treated poorly, like abused prisoners, which couldn't be further from the truth. No slave master would abuse his expensive property if he knew what was good for him. Slaves were valuable property and generally treated well.

[@SandfordSmythe]

City slave workers did have higher class then the workers the field. A lot of pain can inflicted by a wipThe scars are hidden.

[@ruleamericana2301]

@@laceyspacey8161 Could you please make me a good syrup?

[@davevogelar9965]

Damn Northern Yankees

[@Dutchy-1168]

All Men are created equal ‼️🇨🇦🇺🇸

[@Dutchy-1168]

Until the South realized that …..the Constitution was Bullshit and only catered to the rich plantation owner !

[@jaywinters2483]

not impressed. exiting out.

[@tacogimp7297]

Rubbinsh capital of a rubbish cause

[@michaelratliff905]

Expect this from an Ignorant Imbecile like yourself...a true example of not a single respect for history..a true Moron...

[@MatthewChenault]

South Man Bad. Orange Man Bad. Evil good.

[@garymorris1856]

Great photos, very interesting. In my opinion, it was useless to have set fire to warehouses, etc. It was just waste, as, by April of 1865, the Confederates were defeated, and they had to have known it.