From the Richmond Whig, 4/25/1865

PHOTOGRAPHS AND STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS TAKEN BY BRADY. – The following is a partial list of the Photographs and Stereoscopic Views taken by Mr. Brady during his recent trip to Virginia:

Whole Plates: - The Libby Prison; Ruins of Warwick's (the Gallego) Mills; Monument of President Monroe; Belle Isle; State Penitentiary; Pratt's Folly; six plates forming a panoramic view of the burnt district of Richmond as seen from the north bank of the canal basin; four plates comprising a view of Richmond from Church Hill; Panoramic View of Richmond from Gamble's Hill; Richmond Fortifications commanding the Petersburg Pike; Ruins of Confederate War Department; Gen. Grant and Staff at City Point; Gens. Grant, Rawlings and Bowers, at same place; Headquarters Herald, Richmond; House of Gov. Smith; Gen. Grant's Headquarters, City Point; Jeff Davis' House, Richmond; Gen. Ord and Staff at Jeff Davis' House; Cols. Parker, Bowers and Attaches of the Adjutant General's Department; St. John's Church, in which Patrick Henry delivered his great oration before the Virginia House of Burgesses; The Manchester Mills; Interior of Fort Darling (Drewry's Bluff;) Drewry's Bluff; Obstructions containing the Confederate steamer Jamestown; Masked Battery commanding the Obstructions; James River from Fort Darling; Furnace for heating Shot in Fort Darling; Ruins of the Petersburg Railroad Bridge; Tredegar Iron Works; Gen. Ord.

The following is a list of the stereoscopic views taken by Mr. Brady: Castle Thunder, Monument of Monroe, Grave of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, at Hollywood; small view of Richmond from Gamble's Hill, Jeff. Davis house, Washington Monument, General Rawlings, Colonel Parker and other officers of Gen. Grant's staff; Colonel Bowers and other officers, Gen. Rawlings, wife and child; General Grant, wife and child; Statue of Henry Clay, the Capitol, Headquarters New York Herald, Ruins on Main street, Richmond; Shipping at City Point, with captured blockade runners, commanded by Captain Comstock; House of Ex-Gov. Smith, Ruins of the Exchange Bank, Residence of Gen. R. E. Lee, Ruins of the Petersburg Railroad Bridge; Mrs. Gen. Ord and child, Major General Ord, brother of Gen. Ord; Gen. Ord, wife and child. The latter pictures were taken at the Jeff Davis Mansion, and include in each case a portion of the table on which Gens. Grant and Lee signed the articles of surrender.

It will be seen that Mr. Brady, with his quick eye, has been struck upon almost every point and object of interest in Richmond and the neighborhood.

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