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Virginia at War, 1862 (Hardcover, New)
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Virginia at War, 1862 (Hardcover, New)
Series: Virginia at War
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As the Civil War entered its first full calendar year for the Old
Dominion, Virginians began to experience the full ramifications of
the conflict. Their expectations for the coming year did not
prepare them for what was about to happen; in 1862 the war became
earnest and real, and the state became then and thereafter the
major battleground of the war in the East. 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. The landscape and
the people of Virginia were a part of the battlefield. Virginia at
War, 1862 demonstrates how no aspect of life in the Commonwealth
escaped the war's impact. The collection of essays examines topics
as diverse as daily civilian life and the effects of military
occupation, the massive influx of tens of thousands of wounded and
sick into Richmond, and the wartime expansion of Virginia's
industrial base, the largest in the Confederacy. Out on the field,
Robert E. Lee's army was devastated by the Battle of Antietam, and
Lee strove to rebuild the army with recruits from the interior of
the state. Many Virginians, however, were far behind the front
lines. A growing illustrated press brought the war into the homes
of civilians and allowed them to see what was happening in their
state and in the larger war beyond their borders. To round out this
volume, indefatigable Richmond diarist Judith McGuire continues her
day-by-day reflections on life during wartime. The second in a
five-volume series examining each year of the war, Virginia at War,
1862 illuminates the happenings on both homefront and battlefield
in the state that served as the crucible of America's greatest
internal conflict.
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