Virginia at war, 1863 /

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 Abra...

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Other Authors / Creators:Davis, William C., 1946-
Robertson, James I., Jr. 1930-2019.
Other Corporate Authors / Creators:Virginia Center for Civil War Studies.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:English.
Imprint: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2009.
Series:Virginia at war series.
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Online Access:Click here for full text at JSTOR
Table of Contents:
  • Land operations in Virginia in 1863: high-water mark and beginning of the ebb / A. Wilson Greene
  • Days of misery and uncertainty: childhood in wartime Virginia / James Marten
  • "A gift from God": missionary teachers and freedpeople in Southeastern Virginia / Benjamin H. Trask
  • The devil at large: Anse Hatfield's war / James M. Prichard
  • Thy will, nor ours": the wartime ordeal of Virginia's churches / David Rolfs
  • The Virginian wartime scrapbook: preserving memories on paper / William C. Davis
  • "Lincoln acted the clown": Virginia's newspapers and the Gettysburg Address / Jared Peatman
  • Diary of a southern refugee during the war, September 1862-May 1863 / Judith Brockenbrough McGuire ; edited by James I. Robertson Jr.