This penetrating and provocative book captures the tragic relaities of war, reveals the varied human responses to the inhumanities arising during times of violent crisis. It permits readers to follow the final 36 hours in the life of Congederate Richmond, to share with those who experienced those frightful yet fascinating events what it was like to be in the historic city "set on a hill" waiting amidst crackling flames and exploding magazines for the victors to march in. No Civil War buff and no one who appreciates a good story and first-rate history will want to miss this.

The Day Richmond Died

History

Hoehling, Mary

Hoehling, A.A.

Americas

Stan Clark Military Books

Excerpt: ...of Col. Lay, that the destruction of the government was imminently menaced, does not seem to have alarmed the President; on the contrary, he sends the paper back to the Secretary, Mr. Seddon, suggesting that he had better correspond with Gov. Vance on the subject, and if military force should be required, he might call in the aid of Brig.-Gen. Hoke, thus ending hopes of a conscription officer here obtaining a command. And so with rumors from Eastern Tennessee; the President takes matters coolly, saying the "locals," meaning home guards, or companies for local defense, should be on the alert against raiders. If large bodies of the enemy come in, Jenkins's brigade, and one from Pickett's division, might be temporarily detached to punish them. Bragg is falling back toward Atlanta, and Burnside says, officially, that he has taken Cumberland Gap, 1200 prisoners, with 14 guns, without a fight. All of Tennessee is now held by the enemy. There has been another fight (cavalry) at Brandy Station, and our men, for want of numbers, "fell back." When will these things cease? September 15th.

A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital

Biographies & Memoirs

John B. Jones

Leaders & Notable People

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Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure

PITTENGER, William

Jones, J. B.

The Story Of A Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson: In Which Is Told The Part Taken By The Rockbridge Artillery In The Army Of Northern Virginia

Leather bound, part of the time/life series on the US Civil War.

The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson: In Which Is Told the Part Taken by the Rockbridge Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia

Moore, Edward A.

A Radical View : The 'Agate' Dispatches of Whitlaw Reid 1861 - 1865

A portrait of Private William Howe focuses on his role as a military scapegoat and the overshadowing of his acts of bravery on the battlefield by his trial for desertion and murder

Stop the Evil: A Civil War History of Desertion and Murder

Alotta, Robert I.

<p>The discovered memoirs of cavalryman William Woods Averell, has been considered an important addition to historic literature. His memoirs captures the mood of America during a decade of growth and destruction, through West Point, the Indian Wars, the expanding West, and the Civil War. To complete the story of Averell's life, the editors have added an introduction detailing his early years, as well as an epilogue recounting his controversial removal from command by General Philip Sheridan and his later career as an entrepreneur and diplomat.</p>

Ten Years in the Saddle: The Memoir of William Woods Averell 1851-1862

<p>A reprint of original material entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888, by Mrs. Tillie Alleman, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.</p>

At Gettysburg, or What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle: A True Narrative

Tillie Pierce Alleman

Community & Culture

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Life of David Bell Birney, Major General, United States Volunteers

Davis, Oliver Wilson

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The Day Richmond Died

A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital

Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure

A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital

The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson: In Which Is Told the Part Taken by the Rockbridge Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia

A Radical View : The 'Agate' Dispatches of Whitlaw Reid 1861 - 1865

Stop the Evil: A Civil War History of Desertion and Murder

Ten Years in the Saddle: The Memoir of William Woods Averell 1851-1862

At Gettysburg, or What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle: A True Narrative

Life of David Bell Birney, Major General, United States Volunteers