The Battle Abbey, or Confederate Memorial Institute, houses a large
collection of portraits of Confederate officers, and collections of
Confederate battle flags, arms and equipment, but is chiefly
distinguished for its very beautiful series of mural paintings of
Confederate scenes by the French artist, Charles Hoffbauer. The artist
had done much of his preliminary work when he was called back to fight
for France in 1914. When he returned to Richmond after the war,
Hoffbauer painted out all he had previously done and painted war as only
one who had been through it could. Since 1946 the Abbey has been the
property of the Virginia Historical Society. ¶ _Proceed on the Boulevard
to Grove._