Confederate Museum Richmond Virginia + Bonus

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Catalogue of the
Confederate Museum
Of the Confederate Memorial Society
1905, 300 pages
Illustrated, indexed, searchable
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Bonus
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Richmond
An Index and Guide
With Notices of the Battlefields
C. Poindexter, 1896, 112 pages
Illustrated, indexed, searchable
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Bonus
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Richmond, Virginia
Yesterday and Today
Richmond Chamber of Commerce
1913, 70 pages
Illustrated, searchable
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Guidebook - City of Richmond
Louise Eldonrek
1914, 64 pages
Illustrated, searchable
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Sketch of the Origin and Erection
of the Confederate Memorial Institute
at Richmond, Virginia
By Honorable
1921, 39 pages
Illustrated, searchable
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Opened as the Confederate Museum on February 22, 1896, it was housed for many years in the former White House of the Confederacy. The Museum of the Confederacy
was founded by influential Richmond society ladies. By the centennial anniversary of the Civil War, the Museum's governing board determined that it wanted to see the
Museum evolve from a shrine to a more modern museum. In 1963, the CMLS hired its first museum professional as the executive director, and in 1970, changed the name
of the institution to "The Museum of the Confederacy."
The Museum houses the largest and/or most comprehensive collection of artifacts, personal effects, and other memorabilia related to the Confederacy.
Among the thousands of other important pieces found there are items owned by Jefferson Davis, Robert Edward Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, John Bell Hood,
Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Simon Bolivar Buckner, J.E.B. Stuart, Joseph Wheeler, Wade Hampton, Lewis Armistead, and Raphael Semmes. The provisiona
l Confederate Constitution and the Great Seal of the Confederacy are also housed there.
Of particular note is the Museum's collection of over 500 original, wartime, battle flags that were carried by the Confederate Army. Some of the flags were donated
by veterans in the early years of the Museum. Others, regimental flags that were captured during the war that were originally housed in the archives of the
U.S. War Department, were formally transferred to the Museum either by Act of the U.S. Congress or by Act of the Virginia General Assembly, depending on
the level of unit identification of the flag.
A newer building to better preserve and exhibit the Museum's collections was built and opened in 1976 immediately adjacent to the White House, on its
remaining 3/4 acre (3,000 m²) property. The anchor of the first ironclad warship, CSS Virginia which fought the USS Monitor in the Battle of Hampton Roads
on March 9, 1862, is prominently displayed in front of the Museum.
“The need of an organization to preserve a true and faithful record
of the gallant struggle made by the soldiers of the South for inde-
pendence being keenly felt, the Confederate Memorial Literary So-
ciety was chartered and organized under the laws of Virginia, its
object being to teach all future generations the true history of the
war and the principles for which these soldiers laid down their lives.
“The Society has received from the city of Richmond the mansion
which was occupied by the Hon. Jefferson Davis as his residence
while he was President of the Confederacy — one of the handsomest
houses in Richmond, and standing in spacious grounds. This house
was used for many years as a public school.
“With indefatigable energy, the Confederate Memorial Literary
Society, assisted by the Hebrew, Oakwood, and Hollywood Memo-
rial Associations, and the States named in this catalogue, raised
the funds necessary to make the house a fire-proof museum, where
Confederate relics. Southern memorials, and the archives of the
Southern Historical Society are collected and carefully preserved.
“A room, bearing the distinctive name, shield, and colors of the
State it represents, is assigned to each State of the Confederacy,
and is a repository for memorials from that State. A Regent and
Vice-Regent are appointed to represent each State and to assume
the care and expense of their respective rooms — collecting by loan,
donation, or otherwise, contributions of what they think will make
their rooms attractive.
“Original documents, pictures, music, books written during the
war or about the war, arms, articles of any kind that will tend to
show the habits and manner of living of the people and soldiers
of the Southern States, from 1861 to 1865, are valuable and inter-
esting. The Society suggests that these contributions be given as
a memorial of some soldier, sailor, or patriot ; some battle, siege, or
march
— the memory of which the donor desires to preserve.”
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