Duke of Gloucester Street (Main Street) facing east. Taken from the modern intersection of Richmond Rd, Jamestown Rd, and Boundary Streets. C.1870
“This afternoon I took a ride all through the town of Williamsburg….It is a queer old place; apparently has not grown since the last century. Many of the buildings are very old – that is, for America – and everything indicates a perfect stagnation for years past.”
Colonel Charles S. Wainwright, May 7th, 1862
Click on the articles below to find out more about the town of Williamsburg, its inhabitants and how both endured and were forever altered by the Civil War. COMING SOON
Mardi Gras Comes to Williamsburg! by Carson O. Hudson Jr. (PDF)