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 everyo... Read More
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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 everyo... Read More
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.
Details
Pages: 208
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Brief History
Publication Date: 12th April 2021
State: Virginia
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467145893
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Author Bio
Guy Terrell coauthored A Short History of Richmond (The History Press) and The Fourth Branch of Government: We the People with Jack Trammell. He has also published poems in Tar River Poetry Review and Streetlight. He is a past president and treasurer of the Poetry Society of Virginia.
Jack Trammell, PhD, is author of more than twenty books, including The Richmond Slave Trade. He teaches at Mount Saint Mary's University in Maryland, where he specializes in social history and disability history. He can be reached at jacktrammell@yahoo.com.
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.
Pages: 208
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Brief History
Publication Date: 12th April 2021
State: Virginia
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467145893
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Guy Terrell coauthored A Short History of Richmond (The History Press) and The Fourth Branch of Government: We the People with Jack Trammell. He has also published poems in Tar River Poetry Review and Streetlight. He is a past president and treasurer of the Poetry Society of Virginia.
Jack Trammell, PhD, is author of more than twenty books, including The Richmond Slave Trade. He teaches at Mount Saint Mary's University in Maryland, where he specializes in social history and disability history. He can be reached at jacktrammell@yahoo.com.
