Richmond supply warehouses
Depot, Richmond, Virginia.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Depot
- Where
- Richmond, Virginia
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Built over
RICHMOND SUPPLY WAREHOUSES
Terminus of five railroads and supply center for much of the Confederate forces in the Eastern Theater. City factories made tents, uniforms, harnesses, leather goods, swords and bayonets. Retreating troops burned the warehouses in April 1865, and the fire destroyed much of central Richmond.
Then
Richmond was the terminus of five railroads and its warehouses became the supply and logistical center for much of the Confederate forces in the Eastern Theater. Smaller factories in the city made tents, uniforms, harnesses, leather goods, swords and bayonets.
In April 1865 retreating troops were ordered to burn bridges and supply warehouses, and blew up the powder magazine at the Shockoe Hill Burying Ground. The fire spread out of control and destroyed much of central Richmond; the Gallego Flour Mills ruins became an iconic photograph of the burned city.
Now
Built over
The burned district is downtown Richmond, rebuilt after the war.
Lines owned by CSX, Norfolk Southern and smaller railroads run through Richmond today.
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