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unusual facts about Museum of the Confederacy


White House of the Confederacy

Museum of the Confederacy, the second, and most used, Confederate "White House" in Richmond, Virginia


Centennial Dome

It served as a visitor center for attractions in Richmond including the Richmond National Battlefield Park of the National Park Service and the Museum of the Confederacy.

Court End

Early American Federal architecture that is open to the public in Court End include the John Marshall House, Monumental Church, the Wickham House at the Valentine Richmond History Center, the White House of the Confederacy at the Museum of the Confederacy, Executive Mansion and Virginia State Capitol.

Drawing room

During the US Civil War, in the White House of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia, the drawing room was just off the parlor where C.S.A. President Jefferson Davis greeted his guests.

Rebel yell

However, in the documentary film Reconvergence, head of the Museum of the Confederacy and historian Waite Rawls describes his long odyssey to recover recordings of the yell.

Richmond in the American Civil War

The White House of the Confederacy (part of the private, non-profit Museum of the Confederacy) has been fully restored to its wartime appearance and is open for daily tours.


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