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Author | : William C. Davis |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2012-01-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0813140358 |
Download Virginia at War, 1865 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The final volume in this comprehensive history of Confederate Virginia examines the end of the Civil War in the Old Dominion. 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 presents 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.
Author | : Alan Taylor |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 585 |
Release | : 2013-09-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0393241424 |
Download The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History Finalist for the National Book Award Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize "Impressively researched and beautifully crafted…a brilliant account of slavery in Virginia during and after the Revolution." —Mark M. Smith, Wall Street Journal Frederick Douglass recalled that slaves living along Chesapeake Bay longingly viewed sailing ships as "freedom’s swift-winged angels." In 1813 those angels appeared in the bay as British warships coming to punish the Americans for declaring war on the empire. Over many nights, hundreds of slaves paddled out to the warships seeking protection for their families from the ravages of slavery. The runaways pressured the British admirals into becoming liberators. As guides, pilots, sailors, and marines, the former slaves used their intimate knowledge of the countryside to transform the war. They enabled the British to escalate their onshore attacks and to capture and burn Washington, D.C. Tidewater masters had long dreaded their slaves as "an internal enemy." By mobilizing that enemy, the war ignited the deepest fears of Chesapeake slaveholders. It also alienated Virginians from a national government that had neglected their defense. Instead they turned south, their interests aligning more and more with their section. In 1820 Thomas Jefferson observed of sectionalism: "Like a firebell in the night [it] awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once the knell of the union." The notes of alarm in Jefferson's comment speak of the fear aroused by the recent crisis over slavery in his home state. His vision of a cataclysm to come proved prescient. Jefferson's startling observation registered a turn in the nation’s course, a pivot from the national purpose of the founding toward the threat of disunion. Drawn from new sources, Alan Taylor's riveting narrative re-creates the events that inspired black Virginians, haunted slaveholders, and set the nation on a new and dangerous course.
Author | : Virginia War Memorial |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 18 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 |
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Volume 1 of Virginians At War contains six programs created from individual interviews of Virginians, archival films, period photography, music, graphics, and animated maps.
Author | : Virginia War History Commission |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 778 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
ISBN | : |
Download Publications of the Virginia War History Commission: Virginia communities in war time Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Lynn Rainville |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2018-02-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476631476 |
Download Virginia and the Great War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Virginia played an important role during World War I, supplying the Allied forces with food, horses and steel in 1915 and 1916. After America entered the war in 1917, Virginians served in numerous military and civilian roles--Red Cross nurses, sailors, shipbuilders, pilots, stenographers and domestic gardeners. More than 100,000 were drafted--more than 3600 lost their lives. Almost every city and county lost men and women to the war. The author details the state's manifold contributions to the war effort and presents a study of monuments erected after the war.
Author | : William C. Davis |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2009-09-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0813173558 |
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The fourth book in the Virginia at War series casts a special light on vital home front matters in Virginia during 1864. Following a year in which only one major battle was fought on Virginia soil, 1864 brought military campaigning to the Old Dominion. For the first time during the Civil War, the majority of Virginia's forces fought inside the state's borders. Yet soldiers were a distinct minority among the Virginians affected by the war. In Virginia at War, 1864, scholars explore various aspects of the civilian experience in Virginia including transportation and communication, wartime literature, politics and the press, higher education, patriotic celebrations, and early efforts at reconstruction in Union-occupied Virginia. The volume focuses on the effects of war on the civilian infrastructure as well as efforts to maintain the Confederacy. As in previous volumes, the book concludes with an edited and annotated excerpt of the Judith Brockenbrough McGuire diary.
Author | : Christopher M. Bonin |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2018-07-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476633304 |
Download Virginia in the War of 1812 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Virginia saw significant action during the War of 1812, from the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair to the defense of Norfolk against British invaders. Many Virginians supported the struggle for independence from Great Britain—others vehemently opposed “Mr. Madison’s War.” A largely forgotten conflict, the war played an important role in the history of the United States. While comprehensive histories of the war are few, there is a positive lack of state-focused studies. Drawing on extensive primary and secondary sources, the author provides an in-depth portrait of the “Old Dominion” at war in the early years of the nation’s history.
Author | : Aaron Sheehan-Dean |
Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2009-11-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 080788765X |
Download Why Confederates Fought Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In the first comprehensive study of the experience of Virginia soldiers and their families in the Civil War, Aaron Sheehan-Dean captures the inner world of the rank-and-file. Utilizing new statistical evidence and first-person narratives, Sheehan-Dean explores how Virginia soldiers--even those who were nonslaveholders--adapted their vision of the war's purpose to remain committed Confederates. Sheehan-Dean challenges earlier arguments that middle- and lower-class southerners gradually withdrew their support for the Confederacy because their class interests were not being met. Instead he argues that Virginia soldiers continued to be motivated by the profound emotional connection between military service and the protection of home and family, even as the war dragged on. The experience of fighting, explains Sheehan-Dean, redefined southern manhood and family relations, established the basis for postwar race and class relations, and transformed the shape of Virginia itself. He concludes that Virginians' experience of the Civil War offers important lessons about the reasons we fight wars and the ways that those reasons can change over time.
Author | : Neal O. Hammon |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780811713894 |
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Tracing a little-known period of colonial history, this book explores the lives of the brave men and women who brought their families west from Virginia to settle the rough frontier. 20 photos. 26 maps.
Author | : Virginia War History Commission |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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