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The Civil War in Fairfax County - Civilians and Soldiers (Paperback)
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The Civil War in Fairfax County - Civilians and Soldiers (Paperback)
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In his latest book, The Civil War in Fairfax County: Civilians and
Soldiers, Charles Mauro has given voice to the heretofore silent
majority of the participants in the Civil War: the civilians. This
overdue study examines the full spectrum of men, women, slaves and
freedmen who lived in Fairfax County, Virginia, during this
chaotic, uncertain period. Drawn from the files of the Southern
Claims Commission, Mauro recounts the stories the civilians told
the Commission after the war to document their losses, lives and
living conditions. The citizens of Fairfax County found themselves
occupying front row seats at the most horrific show that this
country has ever seen. Because of its position just across the
Potomac River on the doorstep of the city of Washington, Fairfax
County was heavily targeted by the Confederate army and defended
with equal determination by the Union army. Fairfax was the first
county in the South that the Union army invaded, and the last it
occupied as soldiers were mustered out of service after the Grand
Review. The Civil War in Fairfax County contains stories of the
devastation that both armies brought upon the civilians and their
property, as well as the daily strife caused by a war that pitted
neighbor against neighbor and family members against themselves. It
gives an important, fascinating and unprecedented look into the
everyday lives of the civilians who lived through the most
tumultuous four years in American history, in a county that was
occupied by both the Confederate and Union armies throughout the
entire Civil War.
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