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Original Title (transcribed from print)
View of Richmond, Virginia, from the Libey Prison
Additional Caption (transcribed from print)
From a sketch by Captain Harry E. Wrigley, Topographical Engineers.
Publication
Harper's Weekly
Publisher
Harper & Brothers, Publishers
Date
10-24-1863
Page Number
684
Description
1. Confederate States Capitol. 2. Castle Thunder. 3. Castle Lightning. 4. Gallego Mills. 5. Belle Isle. 6. Long Bridge, Petersburg Railroad, 7. Confederate States Steamer "Torpedo." 8. Gas-works.
Corporate Name Subject
Libby Prison; Confederate States of America. Army -- Prisons
Topical Subject
Military prisons -- Virginia -- Richmond; Military prisons -- Confederate States of America
Geographic Subject
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons; Richmond (Va.)
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Original Item Size
17 x 24 cm
Genre
prints (visual works)
Local Genre
newspaper; artwork
Type
Still Image; Text
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Richmond Nineteenth-Century Print Collection
Source
Original periodical illustration: View of Richmond, Virginia, from the Libey Prison, Harper's Weekly, Oct. 24, 1863, p. 684, Richmond, Virginia Maps and Prints Collection, M 190, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
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