tagryn | Malvern Hill Battlefield & the Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond VA

Donna and I took a road trip down to Richmond VA today. I've uploaded 11 images of the trip to my Flickr account, including many of the Malvern Hill battlefield and of the Museum of the Confederacy (we also took an excellent tour of the White House of the Confederacy, but no photos were allowed). Interestingly, the MoC was pretty well attended, while Malvern Hill - a major Union victory on Confederate soil - was deserted. Even the lady at the visitor's center down the road seemed surprised to see us. Anyway, hope you enjoy the photos. I think the ones I took of Malvern Hill give some idea of the magnitude of the task the Confederates faced that day; it was just as foolhardy an idea as Pickett's Charge, if not nearly as romanticized over time. I've been wanting to visit Malvern Hill since reading up on it, and finding that it was so close to Richmond was an unexpected bonus to the trip.