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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : DeCredico, Mary A. Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Confederate citadel [Texte imprimé] : Richmond and its people at war / Mary A. DeCredico

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (209 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm

Collection : New directions in Southern history

Lien à la collection : New directions in Southern history

Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 183-197. index
"Richmond, Virginia: pride of the founding fathers, doomed capital of the Confederate States of America. Unlike other Southern cities, Richmond boasted a vibrant, urban industrial complex capable of producing crucial ammunition and military supplies. Despite its northern position, Richmond became the Confederacy's beating heart -- its capital, second-largest city, and impenetrable citadel. As long as the city endured, the Confederacy remained a well-supplied and formidable force. But when Ulysses S. Grant broke its defenses in 1865, the Confederates fled, burned Richmond to the ground, and surrendered within the week. Confederate Citadel: Richmond and Its People at War offers a detailed portrait of life's daily hardships in the rebel capital during the Civil War. Here, barricaded against a siege, staunch Unionists became a dangerous fifth column, refugees flooded the streets, and women organized a bread riot in the city. Drawing on personal correspondence, private diaries, and newspapers, author Mary A. DeCredico spotlights the human elements of Richmond's economic rise and fall, uncovering its significance as the South's industrial powerhouse throughout the Civil War"--Page 4 of cover

Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Richmond and its people at war

Sujet(s) : Civils et guerre -- Richmond (Va., États-Unis) -- 19e siècle Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Guerre et société -- Richmond (Va., États-Unis) -- 19e siècle Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Richmond (Va., États-Unis) -- 19e siècle Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Virginie (États-Unis) -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey : 975.503 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - Virginie - 1776-1865 Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0813179254 (rel.)

Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb470310547

Notice n° : FRBNF47031054 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Death of a nation -- ; 1. From the City on the James to Confederate Capital -- ; 2. The Campaigns of 1862 : "On to Richmond" -- ; 3. Hardship and Despair, 1863 : "A general gloom prevails" -- ; 4. The Overcrowded and Hungry City, 1864 : "We are in a sad and anxious state here now" -- ; 5. The Fall of Richmond, 1865 : "We slept, as it were, over the heaving crater of a volcano" -- ; "The smoking ruins".