Virginia at War, 1865 (eBook)

William C. Davis, James I. Robertson Jr. (Herausgeber)

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2012
250 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-3469-7 (ISBN)

Infos

By January 1865, most of Virginia's schools were closed, many newspapers had ceased publication, businesses suffered, and food was scarce. Having endured major defeats on their home soil and the loss of much of the state's territory to the Union army, Virginia's Confederate soldiers began to desert at higher rates than at any other time in the war, returning home to provide their families with whatever assistance they could muster. It was a dark year for Virginia.Virginia at War, 1865 closely examines the end of the Civil War in the Old Dominion, delivering a striking depiction of a state ravaged by violence and destruction. In the final volume of the Virginia at War series, editors William C. Davis and James I. Robertson Jr. have once again assembled an impressive collection of essays covering topics that include land operations, women and families, wartime economy, music and entertainment, the demobilization of Lee's army, and the war's aftermath. The volume ends with the final installment of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire's popular and important Diary of a Southern Refugee during the War. Like the previous four volumes in the series, Virginia at War, 1865 provides valuable insights into the devastating effects of the war on citizens across the state.

Autor

William C. Davis, professor of history and director of programs at Virginia Tech's Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, is the author of Lincoln's Men: How President Lincoln Became Father to an Army and a Nation. He lives in Blacksburg, Virginia. James I. Robertson Jr., Alumni Distinguished Professor of History at Virginia Tech and director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, is the author of Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend. He lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Inhalt

Land Operations in 1865
Uncertainties and Alarms: Women and Families on Virginia's Home Front
The Question of Bread is a Very Serious One: Virginia's Wartime Economy
Better To Be Merry Than Sad: Music and Entertainment in Wartime Virginia
To Danville: A Government on Wheels
When Johnny Comes Marching Home: The Demobilization of Lee's Army
Traitors Shall Not Dictate to Us: Afro-Virginians and the Unfinished Emancipation
So Unsettled by the War: The Aftermath in Virginia, 1865
Diary of a Southern Refugee During the War, August 1864-May 1865

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.1.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Virginia at War
• Reihe/Serie: Virginia at War
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 19th Century America • african americans in civil war virginia • American History • army of north virginia • civilians in civil war virginia • civil war anthology • civil war history • civil war homefront • civil war music and entertainment • civil war virginia economy • civil war virginia homefront • civil war virginia land operations • Confederate capital • confederate Christianity • Confederate industry • confederate schools • Confederate states • demobiliation of confederate army 1865 • demobilization of confederate army 1865 • families in civil war virginia • General Lee • General Robert E. Lee • History • history anthlogy • mother state • Old Dominion • Piedmont • Richmond • richmond history • Richmond Virginia • Robert E. Lee • Shenandoah Valley • southern history • southern industry • Southern States • stonewall jackson • Tidewater • VA • Virginia History • wartime commerce • wartime economy • women in civil war virginia
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-3469-2 / 0813134692
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-3469-7 / 9780813134697