Park Store

Looking for a unique gift from our park or want to learn more about the battles around Richmond? Our park bookstores, run by Eastern National, offer a variety of educational products, including books, reproduction artifacts, and souvenirs.

Your purchase supports the park! Eastern National profits support the park's educational and interpretive programs. Each year Richmond National Battlefield Park hosts over 10,000 school children, and offers over 200 tours and programs to the public.

 

Richmond National Battlefield Park Collectibles-Additional offerings available upon request. $5.95- $24.95

Commemorate your visit to the park with a souvenir! Richmond National Battlefield Park stickers, magnets, pins, and patches make a great gift to yourself or a loved one.

 

Author and Historian Gordon Rhea's 5-volume study on the Overland Campaign.

The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864- $24.95
Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26-June 3, 1864- $24.95 PB, $39.95HB
On to Petersburg: Grant and Lee, June 4-15, 1864- $45.00

The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern (May 7-12, 1864): By Gordon C. Rhea
Part two of Rhea’s epic five-volume study of the Overland Campaign. This is a highly-detailed and close look at a very complicated battle. Richmond readers will be particularly interested in its treatment of Sheridan’s raid and the Battle of Yellow Tavern.

Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee (May 26-June 3, 1864): By Gordon C. Rhea
Part four of Rhea’s epic five-volume study of the Overland Campaign. This is the most-well-researched and detailed study of the Battle of Cold Harbor to date, and takes great pains to separate myth from reality.

On to Petersburg: Grant and Lee (June 4-15,1864): By Gordon C. Rhea
Part five of Rhea’s epic five-volume study of the Overland Campaign. This book begins with the aftermath of the June 3 attack at Cold Harbor and ends with the initial assaults on Petersburg. In the process, we see how Grant and Lee adapted and moved to continually play their grand and bloody match in a crucial election year.

 

Bacteria and Bayonets: The Impact of Disease in American Military History- $32.95
Empty Sleeves: Amputation in the Civil War South- $29.95
Chimborazo: The Confederacy’s Largest Hospital- $21.95

Bacteria and Bayonets: The Impact of Disease in American Military History- By David R. Petriello

Yellow fever, malaria, tuberculosis, glanders, bubonic plague, smallpox, and numerous other bacteria and viruses all conspired to defeat America, and are enemies that need to be recognized.

Empty Sleeves: Amputation in the Civil War South- By Brian Craig Miller

How amputation influenced definitions of manhood, allowing dependency to be recognized as part of southern masculinity.

Chimborazo: The Confederacy’s Largest Hospital- By Carol C. Green
Drawing on the records of the largest and best known hospital in operation during the war, in Richmond, Virginia, this work explores wider questions about the war and its impact on the practice--if not the theory--of medicine.

 

Passport Explorer's Edition- $ 59.95
Pocket Passport- $12.95
Passport Collector's Edition- $29.95

Put your stamp on every national park experience with these Passport To Your National Parks® books! Since 1986, Passport fans have grown to love collecting cancellations from nearly every one of the 400+ National Park Service units.

 

Tredegar Iron Works: Richmond’s Foundry on the James- $21.99
Not War But Murder: Cold Harbor 1864- $17.95
Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, A Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy- $19.99

Tredegar Iron Works: Richmond’s Foundry on the James- By Nathan Vernon Madison

The Tredegar Iron Works was the most prodigious ordnance supplier to the Confederacy during the Civil War, as well as an industrial behemoth in its own right, and remained one of Richmond's chief industrial entities for over a century. It produced ordnance during five wars and helped build the railroads that rapidly spread across the nation during the Gilded Age. Author Nathan Vernon Madison, utilizing a wealth of primary sources and firsthand accounts, chronicles the full history of a Richmond industrial icon

Not War But Murder: Cold Harbor 1864- By Ernest B. Furgurson

An excellent narrative study of the Battle of Cold Harbor, this work utilizes accounts from the common soldier as well as the generals, while telling a larger story of a disastrous battle.

Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, A Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy- By Elizabeth R. Varon

Taking mythology firmly by the throat, this is the first well-researched book about Elizabeth Van Lew, a Richmond lady who built a Unionist spy network under the nose of the Confederate Government during the Civil War. While bringing to light many of the inaccuracies that have been repeated about this mysterious woman, Varon replaces them with documented fact. Highly recommended.

 

Park Geek Collection- Collection includes key chains, decals,, hiking medallions, pins, and magnets. Perfect for the Park Geek in your life! Additional items available upon request.- $3.95- $12.95

 

Richmond National Battlefield Park offers a variety of t-shirts for sale.

This tee features all sites located within Richmond National Battlefield Park. Sizes Small through 3X in Gray and Navy. -$24.95

 

60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Richmond- $17.95
Best Easy Day Hikes: Richmond, Virginia- $9.95
The Civil War: A Traveler’s Guide- $25.95

60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Richmond- By Phillip Riggan

Extremely useful guide to various hiking options in and around Richmond, Virginia. Very detailed information about each trail, complete with maps and photographs.

Best Easy Day Hikes: Richmond, Virginia- By Johnny Molloy

Best Easy Day Hikes Richmond, Virginia includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes. The 20 hikes in this guide are generally short, easy to follow, and guaranteed to please.

The Civil War: A Traveler’s Guide- By National Geographic

Perfect for tour planning and on-the-ground use, this guide will prove indispensable on any expedition to explore Civil War history in America. Rich with photographs and maps, this guide offers practical and historical information on over 380 Civil War sites in America.

 

Prices range.

All of the Jamestown Glasshouse produced pieces are hand-blown and crafted by local artisans. Every piece is hand blown and crafted therefore no two items will be exactly the same.

 

The items above are not available online and can only be purchased in-person or via email.

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Or visit us in person:

Cold Harbor, 5515 Anderson-Wright Drive, Mechanicsville, VA 23111

Chimborazo Medical Museum, 3215 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23223