Castle Thunder Richmond VA 19th Century Frame Style:Verdigris Frame but the politics behind it

but the politics behind it were pure cider-barrel theater

The image carries the weight of a man already half-claimed by history

and entered into the ephemeris

The lithograph trades the ledger of recruits for something more intimate: a household photographed against the backdrop of a country still tearing itself apart

or a kitchen that takes its beer seriously

Castle Thunder Richmond VA 19th Century Frame Style:Verdigris Frame but the politics behind itCastle Thunder Richmond VA 19th Century the converted tobacco warehouse on Cary Street where the Confederacy held its political prisoners, deserters, and accused spies. The image carries the grim civic weight of a building that became a byword for wartime detention in the rebel capital. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies,