Virginia Collection (page 11)

Inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President, 1861
The scene out the courthouse of Richmond, Virginia, as Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as President of the Confederate States, 1861

The Queens New Barge for Virginia Water, June 1877
Engraving of Queen Victorias new Royal Barge on Virginia Water, from the Illustrated London News, 30th June 1877. This four-oared barge was built of teak and mahogany by C. and A

Naval Battery / Manassas
A Confererate naval battery at Manassas Junction, Virginia

USA Potomac River
The Potomac, from Maryland Heights - the river flows through West Virginia and Maryland

The Civil war in America; view of Richmond, the capital of V
Virginia was the Confederate capital of the Southern States of America

The Civil war in America. Reconnaissance made by General Sto
General Stoneman, accompanied by the Comte de Paris and the Duc de Chartres, on a reconnaissance expedition to Cedar Run. The peninsular Campaign began when McLellans Army of the Potomac advanced

American Civil war. Confederates trapping a boats crew of t
The Potomac River, Virginia, was one of the key battle grounds during the Civil War. This scene shows a Confederate soldier shooting towards the shore from where the Unionists were firing at

Warrenton, Virginia, 1863
A peaceful scene in Warrenton, Virginia, with the railway passing through on the left hand side

The Federal Army advance in Virginia; American Civil War, 18
Engraving showing the Federal army advancing towards Lee Town, Jefferson County, Virginia, with Stuarts flying artillery coming into action

The Civil War in America: View from the West of Richmond, Vi
Panoramic view of Richmond, Virginia, capital of the Confederate States with an army encampment in the background

Confederate Army Divisions marching through Virginia; Americ
Illustration showing the march of Kershaws and Fitz Lees Confederate divisions up the valley of Virginia, to gather for the battle of Shanandoah Valley

The Civil War in America. The bombardment of Frederickburg
Army of the Potomac under General Burnside suffering a defeat at Fredericksburg, Virginia, with the loss of 12, 653 men after 14 assaults on the Maryes Heights by the Federal Army

Leslie Stephen
LESLIE STEPHEN writer, father of Virginia (Woolf) and Vanessa (Bell)

Battle Chantilly 1862
At Chantilly, Virginia, one of the Union commanders, general Kearney, makes a gallant charge which, though it costs him his life, helps to stop the Confederate advance

Clematis / Virginia Creep
Clematis and virginian creeper

Walter Raleigh / H Davie
SIR WALTER RALEIGH English courtier, navigator, historian and poet, lands in Virginia (although he did not)

Bacon and Berkeley in Virginia

Delaware Lands / 1610
Lord De La Warre (Delaware) lands in Virginia

Kitty Maxse / Downey Sepia
KATHARINE MAXSE nee Lushington known as KITTY MAXSE Wife of Leopold Maxse, thought to have been a model for Virginia Woolfs character, Mrs Dalloway

Kitty Maxse / E&f Sepia
KATHARINE MAXSE nee Lushington known as KITTY MAXSE Wife of Leopold Maxse, thought to have been a model for Virginia Woolfs character, Mrs Dalloway

G Washington / Tomb / Vernon
GEORGE WASHINGTON First American President: his tomb at Mount Vernon, Virginia

Sulphur Springs / C20
Bath house: White Sulphur Springs in West Virginia

Natural Rock Bridge
A natural bridge spans a river at Cedar Creek, Virginia, USA

Raleigh in Virginia
Walter Raleigh establishes the colony of Virginia of which he is made governor by Queen Elizabeth I

Car Crash into Bathroom
A disturbed bath for a lady of New Canton, Virginia, when a truck skids and crashes through the wall of the room to the considerable alarm and consternation of all!

Rounding up Stray Dogs
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Carreras Cigarette Cards
Carreras Virginia cigarettes - the packet contains cigarette cards

Confederate Irregulars
Some of the supporters of the Secession were a rough-and- ready lot, such as these Alleghany Irregulars from Virginia

New York Zouaves
New York firemen zouaves turning out to support pickets between Alexandria and Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia

Confederate Retreat
As the Federal Army advances on Fairfax, Virginia, Carolinian pickets of the Confederate Army retreat through the woods

Mcclellan Retreats
Union troops under McClellan are forced to retreat from the Chickahominy, Virginia : as he pulls out from his hq at Dr Trents Farm, stores and forage are destroyed by burning

Fredericksburg Bombarded
Federal troops, under the popular but incompetent general Burnside, bombard Fredericksbug, Virginia, across the Rappahannock river, but Lee will win the battle

Field Hospital
Lee loses 9000 men, Porter 4000 in the inconclusive battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia : casualties are treated in a field hospital at Savages Station

Poe and Friends
EDGAR ALLAN POE American writer (on the right) with friends from the University of Virginia, Miles George and Thomas Goode Tucker, probably taken about 1840

LAURENS (1724-1792)
HENRY LAURENS American Revolutionary statesman, Virginia planter

Morey Bernstein, businessman, hypnotist and writer
Morey Bernstein (1919-1999), Colorado businessman, amateur hypnotist, and author of the book, The Search for Bridey Murphy

Patrick Henry speaking against the Stamp Act
Patrick Henry, in the Virginia House of Burgesses, introduces radical resolutions opposing the Stamp Act, warning King George III that he could go the way of Caesar and Charles I

Tobacco Ships in America
Tobacco ships in the James River, Virginia

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