Virginians At War

Author : William C. Davis,James I. Robertson
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813140353

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Virginia at War, 1865 by William C. Davis,James I. Robertson Pdf

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 : Aaron Sheehan-Dean
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807887653

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Why Confederates Fought by Aaron Sheehan-Dean Pdf

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 : John G. Selby
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461621102

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Virginians at War by John G. Selby Pdf

Virginians at War is the tale of seven Virginians who strongly supported the Confederacy from beginning to end. Their stories illustrate how devotion to the "cause" of independence, religious faith, family and community commitment to the struggle, and shared sacrifices tied these people to the flagging fortunes of the Confederacy. Included here are stories of both men and women, on the battlefield and on the homefront. John G. Selby describes in vivid prose their seven intriguing lives based on their diary entries, letters, and memoirs. Through the lives of these men and women, readers will come to understand what the war meant to those who fought and survived it. About the Author Dr. John G. Selby is the recipient of numerous awards and honors for his work in American and world history. In his twenty-two year career, he has taught on modern America, the Civil War, the Vietnam War, modern Middle East, and world history. He is currently professor of history at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia.

Author : Lynn Rainville
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476631479

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Virginia and the Great War by Lynn Rainville Pdf

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 : Virginia War History Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : OCLC:5112065

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Publications of the Virginia War History Commission by Virginia War History Commission Pdf

Author : Neal O. Hammon,Richard Taylor
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 081171389X

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Virginia's Western War by Neal O. Hammon,Richard Taylor Pdf

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 : Christopher M. Bonin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476633305

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Virginia in the War of 1812 by Christopher M. Bonin Pdf

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 : Peter S. Carmichael
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469625898

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The Last Generation by Peter S. Carmichael Pdf

Challenging the popular conception of Southern youth on the eve of the Civil War as intellectually lazy, violent, and dissipated, Peter S. Carmichael looks closely at the lives of more than one hundred young white men from Virginia's last generation to grow up with the institution of slavery. He finds them deeply engaged in the political, economic, and cultural forces of their time. Age, he concludes, created special concerns for young men who spent their formative years in the 1850s. Before the Civil War, these young men thought long and hard about Virginia's place as a progressive slave society. They vigorously lobbied for disunion despite opposition from their elders, then served as officers in the Army of Northern Virginia as frontline negotiators with the nonslaveholding rank and file. After the war, however, they quickly shed their Confederate radicalism to pursue the political goals of home rule and New South economic development and reconciliation. Not until the turn of the century, when these men were nearing the ends of their lives, did the mythmaking and storytelling begin, and members of the last generation recast themselves once more as unreconstructed Rebels. By examining the lives of members of this generation on personal as well as generational and cultural levels, Carmichael sheds new light on the formation and reformation of Southern identity during the turbulent last half of the nineteenth century.

Author : Michael A. McDonnell
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807839041

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The Politics of War by Michael A. McDonnell Pdf

War often unites a society behind a common cause, but the notion of diverse populations all rallying together to fight on the same side disguises the complex social forces that come into play in the midst of perceived unity. Michael A. McDonnell uses the Revolution in Virginia to examine the political and social struggles of a revolutionary society at war with itself as much as with Great Britain. McDonnell documents the numerous contests within Virginia over mobilizing for war--struggles between ordinary Virginians and patriot leaders, between the lower and middle classes, and between blacks and whites. From these conflicts emerged a republican polity rife with racial and class tensions. Looking at the Revolution in Virginia from the bottom up, The Politics of War demonstrates how contests over waging war in turn shaped society and the emerging new political settlement. With its insights into the mobilization of popular support, the exposure of social rifts, and the inversion of power relations, McDonnell's analysis is relevant to any society at war.

Author : William Alan Blair
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0195140478

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Virginia's Private War by William Alan Blair Pdf

However, the book does not portray the population as uniformly united in a Lost Cause. Virginians complained a great deal about the management of the war. Such complaints, ironically, may have prolonged the war, for some of the Confederacy's leaders responded by forcing the wealthy to shoulder more of the burden for prosecuting the conflict. Substitution ended, and the men who stayed home became government growers who distributed goods at reduced cost to the poor. But ultimately, as the case is made in Virginia's Private War, none of these efforts could stave off an enemy who strained the resources of Rebel Virginians to the breaking point.

Author : William Davis,James I. Robertson
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780813125107

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Virginia at War, 1863 by William Davis,James I. Robertson Pdf

The fascinating third book in the Virginia at War series focuses on the Virginia experience at mid-conflict. The collection provides a comprehensive overview of the conflict’s impact on children, religion, and newly freed slaves. Also included are essays that probe the South’s view of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War careers of the Hatfields and the McCoys. The 1863 installment of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire’s valuable Diary of a Southern Refugee during the War rounds out the collection.

Author : John Gregory Selby
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Virginia
ISBN : 9780842050555

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Virginians at War by John Gregory Selby Pdf

"This book offers a unique mosaic of the Civil War through the eyes of individuals who lived and served in various parts of the Commonwealth. Between them, thses women and men experienced every facet of the war, from secession to combat, hardship to ultimate defeat. Throughout thir collective ordeal we see the human reaction to war and a sense of hope in the "cause' until it was lost."--Brian Steel Wills, Professor, The University of Virginia's College at Wise.

Author : Stuart Lee Butler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Registers of births, etc
ISBN : WISC:89060452661

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A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812 by Stuart Lee Butler Pdf

Author : Edward L. Ayers,Gary W. Gallagher,Andrew J. Torget
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813930497

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Crucible of the Civil War by Edward L. Ayers,Gary W. Gallagher,Andrew J. Torget Pdf

Crucible of the Civil War offers an illuminating portrait of the state’s wartime economic, political, and social institutions. Weighing in on contentious issues within established scholarship while also breaking ground in areas long neglected by scholars, the contributors examine such concerns as the war’s effect on slavery in the state, the wartime intersection of race and religion, and the development of Confederate social networks. They also shed light on topics long disputed by historians, such as Virginia’s decision to secede from the Union, the development of Confederate nationalism, and how Virginians chose to remember the war after its close.

Author : Virginia War History Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : WISC:89072976293

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Publications of the Virginia War History Commission: Virginia communities in war time by Virginia War History Commission Pdf