A map of Richmond and its vicinity showing all batteries Finish:Stretched perched on the trunk of

perched on the trunk of 'Quercus humilior salicis folio breviore'

With portraits of Louis XVI of France

inscribed 'L'observatoire royal commencÚ en 1667

B C D from the east Indies

It was designed by Henry Roberts and his assistant Gilbert Scott

A map of Richmond and its vicinity showing all batteries Finish:Stretched perched on the trunk ofA map of Richmond and its vicinity showing all batteries, 1862 1867. Richmond was the Confederate capital during the Civil War. An engraving from volume II of The War with the South : a History of the Late Rebellion, by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 Volumes, 1862 1867.