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. Virginians' expectations for the coming year did not prepare them for what was ...
John C. Waugh takes the Pryors--Roger (b. 1828) and Sara (b. 1830)--and follows their lives through the course of Virginia history through the Civil War and into the 20th century.
The reader is taken along the bloody routes during the final year of the Civil War visiting more than 200 sites. The book is organized so that the reader has the option of touring the entire campaign or a single battle.
"I am impressed with the author's research, and his ability to capture the times. I could smell the burning homes and feel the wrath of the civilians caught in the scorched-earth policy of Union general 'Black Dave' Hunter." --The Midwest Book Review Union general David Hunter redefined warfare in the South during the Civil War and helped make the ...
In this book, Ethan Rafuse examines the generalship of Robert E. Lee from the aftermath of the Chancellorsville Campaign to the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox. It provides a comprehensive, yet concise and entertaining narrative of the battles and campaigns that highlighted this phase of the war and analyzes the battles ...
A unique telling of Civil War military activity in 1861, The Glories of War focuses on the Union's invasion of Virginia from four directions; it is the first study of the four invasion corridors of the Civil War. The Union invasions mainly produced small battles and skirmishes, as well as widely celebrated heroes, that received national attention ...
The battles of the Civil War, from the Confederate view, Edward A Moore, a gunner with the Rockbridge Artillery Batery, fought in the battles of First and Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Appomattox. With ten pages of photos.
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