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Civil War Richmond : the last citadel
Title:
Civil War Richmond : the last citadel
Author:
Trammell, Jack.
ISBN:
9781467145893
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Charleston, SC : History Press, 2021.
Physical Description:
204 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Abstract:
Few American cities have experienced the trauma of wartime destruction. As the capital of the new Confederate States of America, situated only ninety miles from the enemy capital at Washington, D.C., Richmond was under constant threat. The civilian population suffered not only shortage and hardship but also constant anxiety. During the war, the city more than doubled in population and became the industrial center of a prolonged and costly war effort. The city transformed with the creation of a massive hospital system, military training camps, new industries and shifting social roles for everyone, including women and African Americans. Local historians Jack Trammell and Guy Terrell detail the excitement, and eventually bitter disappointment, of Richmond at war.