General Lee's City: An Illustrated Guide to the Historic Sites of Confederate RichmondIn five driving tours that cover 106 historic sites, this book conjures Richmond as it was during the Civil War. Firsthand accounts and original illustrations capture the turbulence of the times. |
Contents
AN OVERVIEWRichmond in Wartime 18611865 | 15 |
War Comes to Richmond1861 | 17 |
Fighting Comes Close1862 | 21 |
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9th Street A.P. Hill arrived attack Bank Street Belle Isle block Bluecoats Broad Street building burned camp Canal cannon Capitol Square captured Cary Street cavalry Chimborazo Colonel commander Confederacy Confederate corner crowd Depot Drewry's Bluff drive early east eral Evacuation Fire fighting forces Franklin Street Gamble's Hill guns Hollywood Cemetery horses Hospital James River James River Squadron Jefferson Davis Libby Prison Library of Congress Lincoln located looked Main Street Mansion March Mayo's Bridge Mayor Mayo miles military Miss Van Lew mond moved National Archives nearby night officers Park passed Petersburg photograph President Davis Provost Marshal railroad Rich Richmond Road Rocketts Rocketts Landing Seven Days Battles Shockoe Hill soldiers South Southern Spottswood Hotel ST ST Star Forts stood Stuart tour Tredegar Tredegar Iron trenches troops turn left turn right Union Union army Virginia State Library Warehouse Washington Weitzel wounded Yankees