Ruins in Carey Street, Richmond 1865
Artist: Thomas C. Roche Artist: Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.)
In the midst of evacuating Richmond to Union forces on April 3, 1865, Confederate soldiers set fire to tobacco warehouses and the conflagration spread throughout the commercial heart of the city, leaving nine-tenths of the business district in ruins.
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