Confederate citadel : Richmond and its people at war /

Richmond, Virginia: pride of the founding fathers, doomed capital of the Confederate States of America. Unlike other Southern cities, Richmond boasted a vibrant, urban industrial complex capable of producing crucial ammunition and military supplies. Despite its northern position, Richmond became the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: DeCredico, Mary A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2020]
Colección:New directions in southern history.
Temas:
1861-1865
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Richmond (Va.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Confederate States of America.
United States > Confederate States of America
Virginia > Richmond
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : Death of a nation
  • From the city on the James to Confederate capital
  • The campagins of 1862 : "On to Richmond"
  • Hardship and despair, 1863 : "A general gloom prevails"
  • The overcrowded and hungry city, 1864 : "We are in a sad and anxious state here now"
  • The fall of Richmond, 1865 : "We slept, as it were, over the heaving crater of a volcano"
  • Epilogue : "The smoking ruins."

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