Ruins of Richmond & Petersburg Railroad Bridge, Richmond, Virginia ca. 1865 Alexander Gardner American, Scottish Alexander Gardner, John Reekie, and other members of Gardners corps of photographers were the first to document Richmond, Virginia, after its evacuation by the Confederate government on April 2, 1865. Gardner had not been in the field with his cameras since leaving Gettysburg in July 1863. He arrived in Richmond on April 6 and worked for five days producing dozens of stereo and large-format views of the destroyed bridges across the James River and in the twenty square blocks of the city that came to be known as the “Burnt District.” While recording the destruction of the Confederate capital, Gardner would learn of Robert E. Lees surrender at Appomattox and of wars end.. Ruins of Richmond & Petersburg Railroad Bridge, Richmond, Virginia 268013
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