This collection of contemporary (and near-contemporary) maps, woodcuts, and steel engravings illustrates the history of Richmond
and environs from the 1830s to the 1870s, largely centered on the Civil War Era, but also featuring several illustrations
of the disasters of 1870.
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Preferred Citation
[Box Number, Folder Number], MS-17, Richmond Print Collection, Book Arts, Archives, & Rare Books, Boatwright Memorial Library,
University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The immediate source of acquisition for this collection is unknown.
Processing Information
Titles included in the finding aid are taken from the items themselves.
The majority of pieces within the collection come from one of three sources: weekly newspapers Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (in one case, a German-language edition printed in New York), and one-time publication Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies . Harper's Weekly was published in New York from 1857 to 1916 as an offshoot of the more popular Harper's Monthly ; both publications covered a variety of topics, including politics, literature, arts, humor, and illustrations, although
the Weekly was especially famed for coverage of the events of the Civil War as they unfolded. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper was published in New York from 1855 to 1921 under a variety of titles; the German language edition, Frank Leslie's Illustrirte Zeitung , was published from 1857 to 1894, also in New York. Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies , often referred to by historians as the War of the Rebellion Atlas , was created as a companion piece to the Official Records of the American Civil War , a collection of primary sources from both sides of the war, including orders, correspondence, and diagrams; maps were compiled
into the Atlas. Of special note here are those included on Plate LXXXI, which were created originally by Jedediah Hotchkiss
for Stonewall Jackson and whose detail and precision are credited as being a factor in Jackson's success.
The collection consists of two series: maps and illustrations. Series I, Maps, is subdivided into Civil War era, arranged
chronologically by year of publication and including several campaign maps from the definitive Atlas , and two additional maps.
Series II, Illustrations, tends to come from contemporary newspapers, and as such, the reverse sides may feature editorials
and propaganda in support of the Union and ridiculing both the South and the pro-reconciliation views of the British, as well
as fiction, poetry, and advertisements for patent medicines and sundry other items.
Subseries 1A: Civil War maps
Subseries 1B: Other maps
Subseries 2A: Pre-Civil War Richmond
Subseries 2B: Richmond in the Civil War
Subseries 2C: Campaigns of the Civil War
Subseries 2D: Post Civil-War Richmond
"Representation of the Equestrian Statue of Washington, at Richmond, Virginia"
April 16, 1853
Subseries IIB: Richmond in the Civil War
1861-1896
Graphic Materials box: 1 MS-17 folder: 11
"The Rebel Steamer 'Merrimac', Razeed [sic], and Iron-Clad." "Henrico County Jail, Richmond, Virginia."
1861
Graphic Materials box: 1 MS-17 folder: 12
Main title: "The Prisons and Jailers at Richmond."
1862
Graphic Materials box: 1 MS-17 folder: 13
"The Inauguration at Richmond."
1862
Graphic Materials box: 1 MS-17 folder: 14
"The City of Richmond, Virginia." "Henrico County Jail." "The Capitol at Richmond." "Rebel Prisons on Main, Near Twenty-Fifth
Street, Richmond."
1862
Graphic Materials box: 1 MS-17 folder: 15
"Interior view of Libey [sic] Prison, Richmond, Virginia, Showing the Quarters of the Union Officers Confined There."
1862
Graphic Materials box: 1 MS-17 folder: 16
"View of Richmond, Virginia, from the Libey [sic] Prison." "How the Rebels Destroy Railroads – Twisting the Rails."
1863
Graphic Materials box: 1 MS-17 folder: 17
"View of Richmond, Virginia, from the Prison Camp at Belle Isle, James River."
1896
Subseries IIC: Campaigns of the Civil War
1862
Graphic Materials box: 1 MS-17 folder: 18
"General McClellan's Army on the March Through the Woods from Williamsburg toward Richmond."
1862
Graphic Materials box: 1 MS-17 folder: 19
"The Army Before Richmond – General Keyes's Division Crossing the Chickahominy River, May 23, over Bottom's Bridge, and a
Supplementary Bridge built by the Engineer Corps of the National Army." "Major J. H. Allen, Provost Marshall of Beaufort,
North Carolina." "Heroes in Ebony – the Captors of the Rebel Steamer Planter, Robert Small, W. Morrison, A. Gradine, and John
Small." "Lieutenant Colonel E. F. W. Ellis, 15th Regiment, Illinois Volunteers."
1862
Graphic Materials box: 1 MS-17 folder: 20
"Rebel Balloon Reconnoissance [sic] from Richmond, Thursday, June 26." "The Battles Before Richmond – Charging of the Jersey
Brigade."
1862
Subseries IID: Post-Civil War Richmond
1865-1870
Graphic Materials box: 1 MS-17 folder: 21
"The Mass Meeting Held at Richmond, VA, August 19, 1865."
1865
Graphic Materials box: 1 MS-17 folder: 22
"The Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad, Virginia – Train starting out from Richmond." "The James River and Kanawha
Canal, Richmond, Virginia."
1865
Graphic Materials box: 1 MS-17 folder: 23
"View of Shockoe Creek Valley, Richmond, Virginia."
1866
Graphic Materials box: 1 MS-17 folder: 24
"Ankunft von Jefferson Davis aus Richmond, am 11. Mai 1867 [Arrival of Jefferson Davis in Richmond, on May 11, 1867]."
1866
Graphic Materials box: 1 MS-17 folder: 25
"Virginia – the Richmond Calamity – Citizens and firemen removing the wounded, the dying and the dead, from the ruins. – Sketch
taken from the west side of the Hall of Delegates."
1870
Graphic Materials box: 1 MS-17 folder: 26
"Virginia. – The Terrible Calamity at the State Capitol, City of Richmond, Wednesday, April 27, 1870 – Exterior view of the
building – Bringing out the wounded, the dying and the dead."