Civil War Virginia: Battleground for a Nation - Softcover

Robertson, James I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813914574 ISBN 13: 9780813914572

Verlag: University of Virginia Press, 1993

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Book by Robertson Jr James I

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Anyone contemplating a tour of the many Civil War sites in the Commonwealth will find Civil War Sites in Virginia enormously helpful both as an advance planning aid and a guide during the tour. Users will find many occasions to be grateful for such an excellent work. --Civil War Times Illustrated Dr. Robertson has furnished many a frustrated tourist a splendid source book. --Richmond News Leader This is the only comprehensive guide to Civil War sites in Virginia where 26 major battles and more than 400 smaller engagements took place. --Daily Press, Newport News "A badly needed guide to all the major Civil War sites in Virginia, compiled and written by the greatest living authority on the conflict of 1861-65. James I. Robertson Jr., has put together a handy and scholarly volume, filled with fascinating and little-known facts, that will cause all Civil War buffs to rejoice.

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Manassas, Hampton Roads, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Brandy Station, Spotsylvania, New Market, Cedar Creek, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Appomattox Courthouse are names that remain synonymous with valour, sacrifice and finally, defeat during the Civil War. These sites comprise but a handful of the more than 200 military engagements that took place in Virginia, the largest and richest of the Southern states. Nowhere in the nation was the full fury of the Civil War felt as it was in Virginia which saw the death, wounding and capture of over half a million men and the end of institutions that had helped perpetuate an outmoded economic system which had enslaved millions. Noted Civil War historian, James I. Robertson Jr, presents an overview of the pivotal state, caught in the midst of the most traumatic of national events.

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• Verlag: University of Virginia Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0813914574
• ISBN 13: 9780813914572
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 197