Belle Isle

“View of Richmond, Va., from the prison camp at Belle Isle, James River. Belle Island is situated in the James River, a little above the bridge which connects the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad. It is about an acre and a half, and in this small space there were on an average ten thousand Federal soldiers imprisoned and slowly tortured. The Confederate capital has been so often described that we shall confine ourselves to the special view before us. The prominent building is the Capitol; the five churches on the left are St. Paul’s, First Baptist, St. James’s, Second Baptist and Grace Street Methodist; the large building at the end of the bridge is Haxall’s flouring mill, the largest one of the kind in the world, being thirteen stories high."— Frank Leslie, 1896

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