Confederate citadel : Richmond and its people at war

The Resource Confederate citadel : Richmond and its people at war
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Confederate citadel : Richmond and its people at war
Title remainder
Richmond and its people at war
Statement of responsibility
Mary A. DeCredico
Title variation
Richmond and its people at war
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Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"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
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Cataloging source
YDX
Dewey number
975.5/45103
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
F234.R557
LC item number
D43 2020
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
New directions in Southern history

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