On To Richmond 1861-1862

On To Richmond 1861-1862
Author: Ginny Dye
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-03-07
Genre: Historical fiction
ISBN: 9781544267425

"Burdened with the responsibility of running an entire plantation, Carrie Cromwell fights to understand the forces tearing her beloved country apart. As battles rage around her, she watches as her life slowly unravels and she discovers truths she would never have imagined. Will her actions and decisions push her even farther from those she loves? When the danger she dreads becomes reality, will she find the courage and strength to escape?"--Amazon.com.

The Richmond Campaign of 1862

The Richmond Campaign of 1862
Author: Gary W. Gallagher
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780807825525

Whiting's Confederate division in the battle of Gaines's Mill, the role of artillery in the battle of Malvern Hill, and the efforts of Radical Republicans in the North to use the Richmond campaign to rally support for emancipation."--BOOK JACKET.

Red Clay to Richmond

Red Clay to Richmond
Author: John J. Fox
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Georgia
ISBN: 9780971195035

Red Clay to Richmond is a thoroughly researched book dredged from Civil War trenches, family attics, and dusty archives. John Fox has skillfully woven together the never-before-told-story of the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment as these Southern patriots signed up for what most thought would be a short war. Using many previously unpublished primary accounts, Fox follows these men as they moved from their red clay homesteads in the great State of Georgia to the Confederate capital at Richmond. Based on numerous letters, diaries and records, this book is much more than a mere battlefield account because it details the daily life and voice of the average Confederate soldier. It reveals the true American spirit of courage exhibited through deprivation and hardship, not only at the battlefront for the soldiers but also for the family members at the hearth. More than twenty maps and over seventy photographs grace the pages to further aid the reader in understanding the epochal struggle of these Georgians.

To the Gates of Richmond

To the Gates of Richmond
Author: Stephen W. Sears
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2001
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780618127139

Recounts General McClellan's attempt to capture Richmond by advancing up the Virginia peninsula from Yorktown, and how the campaign failed when Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee expelled the Union forces from the peninsula.

Civil War Richmond: The Last Citadel

Civil War Richmond: The Last Citadel
Author: Jack Trammell
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2021
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467145890

Few American cities have experienced the trauma of wartime destruction. As the capital of the new Confederate States of America, situated only ninety miles from the enemy capital at Washington, D.C., Richmond was under constant threat. The civilian population suffered not only shortage and hardship but also constant anxiety. During the war, the city more than doubled in population and became the industrial center of a prolonged and costly war effort. The city transformed with the creation of a massive hospital system, military training camps, new industries and shifting social roles for everyone, including women and African Americans. Local historians Jack Trammell and Guy Terrell detail the excitement, and eventually bitter disappointment, of Richmond at war.

Richmond Burning

Richmond Burning
Author: Nelson Lankford
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2003-07-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 0142003107

Nelson Lankford draws upon Civil War-era diaries, letters, memoirs, and newspaper reports to vividly recapture the experiences of the men and women, both black and white, who witnessed the tumultuous fall of Richmond. In April 1865 General Robert E. Lee realized that his army must retreat from the Confederate capital and that Jefferson Davis's government must flee. As the Southern soldiers moved out they set the city on fire, leaving a blazing ruin to greet the entering Union troops. The city's fall ushered in the birth of the modern United States. Lankford's exploration of this pivotal event is at once an authoritative work of history and a stunning piece of dramatic prose.

At the Falls

At the Falls
Author: Marie Tyler-McGraw
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 384
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780807844762

A study of nearly four hundred years in the history of Richmond, Virginia, ranges from the first encounters between English colonists and Powhatan to the inauguration of Douglas Wilder, America's first elected African-American governor

Rebel Richmond

Rebel Richmond
Author: Stephen V. Ash
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2019-08-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1469650991

In the spring of 1861, Richmond, Virginia, suddenly became the capital city, military headquarters, and industrial engine of a new nation fighting for its existence. A remarkable drama unfolded in the months that followed. The city's population exploded, its economy was deranged, and its government and citizenry clashed desperately over resources to meet daily needs while a mighty enemy army laid siege. Journalists, officials, and everyday residents recorded these events in great detail, and the Confederacy's foes and friends watched closely from across the continent and around the world. In Rebel Richmond, Stephen V. Ash vividly evokes life in Richmond as war consumed the Confederate capital. He guides readers from the city's alleys, homes, and shops to its churches, factories, and halls of power, uncovering the intimate daily drama of a city transformed and ultimately destroyed by war. Drawing on the stories and experiences of civilians and soldiers, slaves and masters, refugees and prisoners, merchants and laborers, preachers and prostitutes, the sick and the wounded, Ash delivers a captivating new narrative of the Civil War's impact on a city and its people.

Insiders' GuideĀ® to Richmond, VA

Insiders' GuideĀ® to Richmond, VA
Author: Maureen Egan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2010-09-14
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0762766778

Insiders' Guide to Richmond is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to Virginia's capital city. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of Richmondand its surrounding environs.