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Below is an excerpt from "Richmond: The Story of a City" by Virginius Dabney.
"The torch was applied and the tobacco warehouses began to burn...buildings near the tobacco warehouses caught fire and the flames, fanned by the wind, spread to other structures. Soon there was a roaring inferno....the fires, burning through the night, shed a lurid glow upon stricken Richmond. Then, shortly before dawn, a series violent explosions in the (James) river shook the city and broke windows as far away as two miles. The Confederate warships with their loaded magazines were being blown up...Soon...on the northern edge of town, the great powder magazine there went up with a reverberating roar."
"...the heart of (Richmond's) business district had been wiped out. Nine-hundred buildings, including 230 of the best business houses, were gone...plus three bridges across the James river, the Henrico County Courthouse, the General Court Building, two railroad depots, several tobacco warehouses, all the banks, (and) the state armory..."
The evacuation and burning of Richmond together with the panic and pandemonium that seized the city the night of April 2-3, 1865 has to be one of the most dramatic chapters in American history.
The center of the city burning down by the very people who were charged with its protection it is a far cry to the destruction that leveled Atlanta. Heck the Great St. Louis and Chicago fires caused more destruction. When you think of Conflagrations within the United States Richmond is rarely if ever mentioned.
The center of the city burning down by the very people who were charged with its protection it is a far cry to the destruction that leveled Atlanta. Heck the Great St. Louis and Chicago fires caused more destruction. When you think of Conflagrations within the United States Richmond is rarely if ever mentioned.
That Richmond's evacuation fire was not comparable to the Great Chicago Fire, or that the Confederates set fire to the city is neither here nor there. The point is that the evacuation fire was a major conflagration that destroyed most of Richmond's business district, not just a well contained fire that ruined a few tobacco warehouses that you tried to make it seem.
BTW, Richmond had nearly 40,000 people in 1860--far larger than Atlanta which had fewer than 10,000 at that time. The Richmond fire destroyed 900 buildings--I doubt that Atlanta even had 900 buildings in 1860.
BTW, Richmond had nearly 40,000 people in 1860--far larger than Atlanta which had fewer than 10,000 at that time. The Richmond fire destroyed 900 buildings--I doubt that Atlanta even had 900 buildings in 1860.
Hard to say, but it is estimated that anywhere between 3,200 to 5,000 buildings in Atlanta were destroyed by Union forces. Atlanta was a little over twice the size in 1864 that it was in 1860, so I'm sure it had at least 900 buildings. Atlanta: The Twice-Burned City - North Against SouthNorth Against South
And yet, no matter whose math we're using, we're struggling to find the numbers to substantiate your statement that Cincinnati is "double the size" of Richmond. Care to back that up, or are you still going to pretend you didn't say it?
And yet, no matter whose math we're using, we're struggling to find the numbers to substantiate your statement that Cincinnati is "double the size" of Richmond. Care to back that up, or are you still going to pretend you didn't say it?
Seriously? The metric he/she was using was in the first two lines of the post.
Cincinnati metro area: 2.1 million
Richmond metro area: 1.2 million
How do these two cities compare regarding activities to do, urbanity, climate, employment, cost of living, general personalities of the people, crime, and education? I have heard that the two cities have somewhat similar architecture/inner city neighborhoods, despite the fact that they are in different regions.
Cinci is bigger and has the GDP but I think Richmond will come into its own as more spill over from D.C. will attract people and industry as it already is at a faster rate.
Seriously? The metric he/she was using was in the first two lines of the post.
Cincinnati metro area: 2.1 million
Richmond metro area: 1.2 million
Cincinnati's MSA is 2.15 million; Richmond's is 1.27 million. Cincinnati is 70% larger...not twice as large, but still substantially larger.
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