Photograph as originally submitted to this page in the Historical Marker Database www.HMdb.org. Click on photo to resize in browser. Scroll down to see metadata.

Photographer: Bernard Fisher
Taken: October 25, 2009
Caption: Monday, April 3 Quotations
Additional Description: “Sir! I think Richmond is burning. The sky is red.” Union soldier to General Edward H. Ripley

“The earth seemed to writhe in agony…stupendous thunders roared around.” John Leyburn, Presbyterian minister

“All over, goodbye; blow her to hell.” Confederate Brigadier General Martin W. Gary at Mayo’s Bridge

“We had to run with all our might….No soldiers could have crossed this bridge after we did.” Confederate Captain D. B. Sanford

“We found Capitol Square covered with people who had fled there to escape the fire.” Union Aide-de-Camp Thomas Thatcher Graves

“At daylight the approach of the Union forces could be plainly discerned.” Confederate Captain Clement Sulivane

“The whole riverfront seemed to be in flames….I rode on with a distinctly heavy heart and with a peculiar sort of feeling of orphanage.” Confederate General Porter Alexander

“Better lay the whole city in ashes than give the enemy…one drop of aid and comfort.” Kate Mason Rawland, Confederate nurse

“I could not move, but watched a blue horseman ride to the city hall…bitter tears came in a torrent.” Mary Fontaine, Richmond resident
Submitted: October 28, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p82408
File Size: 1.015 Megabytes

To see the metadata that may be embedded in this photo, sign in and then return to this page.