The Virginia Statehouse. This photo is from the top of the stairs in front of the building looking towards the Virginia Senate chambers. © Mike Lynaugh
The Robert E. Lee monument on Monument Avenue. This photograph shows you the beautiful monument, landscaping and homes along Monument Avenue. It is the reason it is the only street in the United States that is designated a National Historic Monument. The Robert E. Lee statue is the centerpiece of this street. It is also the only monument of Robert E. Lee owned by the state of Virginia and is patrolled by and protected by the Virginia State Police. © Mike Lynaugh
The Stonewall Jackson monument on the grounds of the Virginia Statehouse in Richmond, VA. This statue was dedicated during the war by the Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, and is the only statue on Capitol Square of a General of the Confederacy. © Mike Lynaugh
The Washington Monument on the Virginia Statehouse grounds. This statue was originally intended to be the final burial place for the Father of our Country, George Washington. In the center of the base of the statue, you can see a door. This is the entrance to the intended resting place for Washington and his family. This beautiful monument to our first President and hero, is located just to the west of the Capitol Building. © Mike Lynaugh
The Virginia Statehouse. This has served as the seat of power in Virginia since the early 1800's. It was in this building that Robert E. Lee accepted commission as an officer of the Confederate Army by request of Jefferson Davis. © Mike Lynaugh
Malvern Hill. This is the site of one of General Lee's few mistakes. It was here on July 1, 1862 that Union heavy artillery attacked groups of Lee's army as they tried attacking the high ground in an unorganized fashion and were literally shredded apart by the Union cannons. The Confederates suffered over 5,300 casualties and did not gain an inch of ground in return. © Mike Lynaugh
Malvern Hill. This is the site of one of General Lee's few mistakes. It was here on July 1, 1862 that Union heavy artillery attacked groups of Lee's army as they tried attacking the high ground in an unorganized fashion and were literally shredded apart by the Union cannons. The Confederates suffered over 5,300 casualties and did not gain an inch of ground in return. © Mike Lynaugh
Detail photograph of the Robert E. Lee monument on Monument Avenue in Richmond. Monument Avenue is the only street in the United States preserved as a National Historical Monument. It contains statues of Robert E. Lee, J.E.B. Stewart, Stonewall Jackson, James Longstreet, Jefferson Davis, along with statues of Maury, and Arthur Ashe. © Mike Lynaugh
Final resting place for the only President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. Davis is buried here at Hollywood Cemetery. His grave over-looks the James river and downtown Richmond (not shown in this view). I decided to show this view of his gravesite because of a little bit of irony my girlfriend noticed. Look at the name on the grave across from Davis. It is the grave of someone named "Grant". It is not General Grant. © Mike Lynaugh
The Virginia Governor's mansion. I have seen this building referred to incorrectly as the White House of the Confederacy. That is not true. The White House of the Confederacy was, and still is, located about 2 blocks away from this building. This is the home of the governor of Virginia and has been involved in the Virginia government since the early 1800s. © Mike Lynaugh
Rare back view of the home of Robert E. Lee. I always see everyone publishing the photograph of the front of Robert E. Lee's home in Richmond. I was fortunate enough to go behind his home and take photographs, and thought I would show what his home really looked like. It was explained to me that back in the 1800s the front of the home was really treated like the back. The roads were muddy messes, horses made a mess there, and sewage generally flowed down the primitive streets. Therefore, homes of the day would entertain in what we would consider today to be the back of the home. That way they were away from the smells and hustle of the main streets. Most prominent homes from the day are designed this way. © Mike Lynaugh
The Virginia Statehouse. This has served as the seat of power in Virginia since the early 1800's. It was in this building that Robert E. Lee accepted commission as an officer of the Confederate Army by request of Jefferson Davis. © Mike Lynaugh
The Washington Monument on the Virginia Statehouse grounds. This statue was originally intended to be the final burial place for the Father of our Country, George Washington. In the center of the base of the statue, you can see a door. This is the entrance to the intended resting place for Washington and his family. This beautiful monument to our first President and hero, is located just to the west of the Capitol Building. © Mike Lynaugh
The Lincoln statue. This statue was just dedicated this past spring and has not come to Richmond without some controversy. It is located on the grounds of the Tredegar Iron Works building along the James River. Tredegar Iron Works was the exclusive factory for making all the Confederate cannonballs and bullets. When this statue was unveiled, it has protestors saying that they should not place any monument to Lincoln in Richmond, let alone at the factory that armed the Confederacy. Some people still to this day will not let their feelings about the war calm. If you look behind Lincoln, the monument states, "To Bind Up the Nation's Wounds". Let's hope it does its job. © Mike Lynaugh
It was from this point on April 3, 1865 that the Union Army first entered the city of Richmond. One important thing to note is that the first Union soldiers into Richmond were the U.S. Colored Troops from General Weitzel's 25th Army Corps. © Mike Lynaugh
The Robert E. Lee monument on Monument Avenue. This photograph shows you the beautiful monument, landscaping and homes along Monument Avenue. It is the reason it is the only street in the United States that is designated a National Historic Monument. The Robert E. Lee statue is the centerpiece of this street. It is also the only monument of Robert E. Lee owned by the state of Virginia and is patrolled by and protected by the Virginia State Police. © Mike Lynaugh
The Washington Monument on the Virginia Statehouse grounds (detail). This statue was originally intended to be the final burial place for the Father of our Country, George Washington. This beautiful monument to our first President and hero, is located just to the west of the Capitol Building. © Mike Lynaugh
The monument to General J.E.B. Stuart at Yellow Tavern. This is where General Stuart received his mortal wound in battle. © Mike Lynaugh
The grave of General George Pickett's wife, LaSalle "Sallie" Corbell Pickett. Note the dates of her birth and death, she was only 20 years old when General Pickett was leading his troops during the battle of Gettysburg. © Mike Lynaugh
Hollywood Cemetery. This beautiful and historical cemetery in Richmond is the resting place of some Confederate heroes, and other famous notables as well. Buried within these grounds are: Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, General J.E.B. Stuart, General George Pickett, General Fitzhugh Lee (nephew of Robert E. Lee), Stonewall Jackson's personal doctor, Hunter MgGuire, President James Monroe, and President John Tyler. © Mike Lynaugh
The Robert E. Lee monument on Monument Avenue. This photograph shows you the beautiful monument, landscaping and homes along Monument Avenue. It is the reason it is the only street in the United States that is designated a National Historic Monument. The Robert E. Lee statue is the centerpiece of this street. It is also the only monument of Robert E. Lee owned by the state of Virginia and is patrolled by and protected by the Virginia State Police. © Mike Lynaugh
Cannons at Gaines Mill, the site of heavy fighting during the Seven Day's Battles in 1862. © Mike Lynaugh
A cannon at Gaines Mill, the site of heavy fighting during the Seven Day's Battles in 1862. © Mike Lynaugh
The statue of General "Stonewall" Jackson along Monument Avenue in Richmond. © Mike Lynaugh
The monument to General J.E.B. Stuart which is located on Monument Avenue in Richmond, VA. © Mike Lynaugh
The monument to Confederate President Jefferson Davis which is located on Monument Avenue in Richmond, VA. © Mike Lynaugh
The monument to Confederate President Jefferson Davis which is located on Monument Avenue in Richmond, VA. © Mike Lynaugh
Gaines Mill, the site of heavy fighting during the Seven Day's Battles in 1862. © Mike Lynaugh
The monument to General J.E.B. Stuart at Yellow Tavern. This memorial states, "Upon this field Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart Commanding Confederate Cavalry A.N.Va. Received his mortal wound May 11, 1864." © Mike Lynaugh
The Confederate Monument at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA. © Mike Lynaugh
The Garthright House at Cold Harbor. In June 1864 the Union turned this middle-class plantation into a field hospital. The residents were forced to move to the basement where they watched the blood from the wounded drip down between their floorboards. After General Grant abandoned Cold Harbor, the Confederates set up a hospital for their wounded here as well. © Mike Lynaugh
The gravesite of General George Pickett at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA. General Pickett is buried next to his men that fell on that fateful day in Gettysburg, PA. © Mike Lynaugh
The White House of the Confederacy. This home was the home of the only President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis from 1861 - 1865. It is located on Clay street just a few blocks walk from the Virginia Statehouse. It is amazing inside, and if you have not toured it, I recommend it. Almost all the furniture and belongings inside the home are originals from Jefferson Davis, and were used by him, and his staff, most notably, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. © Mike Lynaugh
The Mathew Fontaine Maury Monument on Monument Avenue in Richmond. In tribute to the "father of oceanography", a pedestaled sphere depicting the earth supported by a number of waterborne figures, honors the figure of the man seated before it, Matthew Maury, scientist, oceanographer and inventor. © Mike Lynaugh
One of the tens of thousands of gravesites at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA. © Mike Lynaugh
The Museum of the Confederacy. This unusual fish outside the entrance to the museum shows three of the monuments on Monument Avenue. It depicts the monuments to Lee, Jackson and Stewart. The museum is located on Clay street right next to the White House of the Confederacy. The museum has an amazing array of original items archived and on display here. You can come in and see Robert E. Lee's uniform he wore while surrendering to Grant, Stonewall Jackson's Uniform, J.E.B. Stewart's uniform (including his famous hat with the feather plume) and even his saddle. It is worth the visit. © Mike Lynaugh