Museum of the Confereracy

[rufgr]

My wife and I just spent the last week touring Civil War battlefields. The best collection of uniforms, flags, weapons and personal effects we saw was in the Museum of the Confereracy. The have many items that belonged Robert E. Lee, J.E.B. Stuart and Thomas Jackson.

The museum is in the middle of Richmond Va. and not real easy to get to but it is a must see if you are in the area.

 

[max]

Two years ago the SWCA annual meeting was in Richmond and we got a tour of the museum. They also showed us some really neat guns they have in storage in the basement.

The Confederate White House was also nice. I also recommend the Jefferson Davis house in Biloxi.

 

[armybass]

I am from New Orleans but now live 20 min south of Richmond. I took my son to the museum and took the tour of the Confederate White House about 5-6 years ago and it was amazing. I was a History Major in college and the Civil War was my field of study. I was in nirvana. Standing twelve inches away from Lee's uniform and JEB's pistol...it was just amazing.

 

[Texas Star]

Originally posted by armybass:
I am from New Orleans but now live 20 min south of Richmond. I took my son to the museum and took the tour of the Confederate White House about 5-6 years ago and it was amazing. I was a History Major in college and the Civil War was my field of study. I was in nirvana. Standing twelve inches away from Lee's uniform and JEB's pistol...it was just amazing.

Which pistol of Stuart's, a LeMat? I think he had more than one. I believe they have an engraved Colt 1851 Navy .36 that was Lee's?

I think I saw this museum as a boy on a family vacation. I remember it as being very impressive.

Can you believe that Jay Leno had three teenaged wonders on Jaywalking All Stars this week, and NONE could identify Robert E. Lee's picture? They also looked at a painting of Booth shooting Lincoln and were asked who he was. They'd never heard of John Wilkes Booth.

Our nation is losing all sense of its history.

T-Star