Virginia at War 1862

Multiple Authors. Edited by William C. Davis and James Robertson Jr.

ISBN 10: 081312428X / ISBN 13: 9780813124285

Verlag: The University Press of Kentucky, 2007

Beschreibung

ISBN 081312428X. Hardback. Book club edition. Very Good to Near Fine condition book in a Very Good to Near Fine condition dustjacket, with slight shelfwear to cover and jacket corners. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 99094659

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Virginia at War 1862
• Verlag: The University Press of Kentucky
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
• ISBN-10: 081312428X
• ISBN-13: 9780813124285
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: Later Edition
• Zustand: Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag

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Inhaltsangabe

As the Civil War entered its first full calendar year for the Old Dominion, Virginians began to experience the full ramifications of the conflict. Their expectations for the coming year did not prepare them for what was about to happen; in 1862 the war became earnest and real, and the state became then and thereafter the major battleground of the war in the East. Virginia emerged from the year 1861 in much the same state of uncertainty and confusion as the rest of the Confederacy. While the North was known to be rebuilding its army, no one could be sure if the northern people and government were willing to continue the war. The landscape and the people of Virginia were a part of the battlefield. Virginia at War, 1862 demonstrates how no aspect of life in the Commonwealth escaped the war's impact. The collection of essays examines topics as diverse as daily civilian life and the effects of military occupation, the massive influx of tens of thousands of wounded and sick into Richmond, and the wartime expansion of Virginia's industrial base, the largest in the Confederacy. Out on the field, Robert E. Lee's army was devastated by the Battle of Antietam, and Lee strove to rebuild the army with recruits from the interior of the state. Many Virginians, however, were far behind the front lines. A growing illustrated press brought the war into the homes of civilians and allowed them to see what was happening in their state and in the larger war beyond their borders. To round out this volume, indefatigable Richmond diarist Judith McGuire continues her day-by-day reflections on life during wartime. The second in a five-volume series examining each year of the war, Virginia at War, 1862 illuminates the happenings on both homefront and battlefield in the state that served as the crucible of America's greatest internal conflict.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

William C. Davis is a professor of history at Virginia Tech.