Castle Thunder Richmond VA 19th Century Frame Style:Verdigris Frame had been worn into a

had been worn into a kind of national topography by grief

its dome and pediments rendered with the civic seriousness of a young capital announcing that frontier timber towns could

charming a kingdom of silk into bankrolling a revolution it could scarcely afford

or a kitchen that takes its beer seriously

and entered into the ephemeris

Castle Thunder Richmond VA 19th Century Frame Style:Verdigris Frame had been worn into aCastle 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,