A Chronicle Of Civil War Hampton Virginia

Author : Alice Matthews Erickson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625847017
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Chronicle of Civil War Hampton, Virginia written by Alice Matthews Erickson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its beginning as a Tidewater town in the 1600s, Hampton, Virginia, has weathered many storms, including the disastrous effects of the Civil War and the difficulties of Reconstruction. The city's picturesque harbors have witnessed the rise of a thriving seafood industry, the growth of educational opportunity and the plight of Hampton's African American community. Author Alice Erickson uses her own family, the Hickman family, as a vehicle to unite compelling vignettes of Hampton's most storied era. Discover the intricacies of the Virginia secession, the turmoil of Federal occupation and the revitalization of Hampton out of the ashes of conflict. Follow along Erickson's tragic and adventurous story, whose ending has yet to be written.

Author : John V. Quarstein
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738544380
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Civil War on the Virginia Peninsula written by John V. Quarstein and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War on the Virginia Peninsula is the first comprehensive pictorial history interpreting the events that occurred on the Virginia Peninsula during the war that forever changed our nation. This volume offers over 200 fascinating images from museums, archives, and private collections throughout America; together they tell powerful stories of valor, leadership, technology, and strategy. Photographers and famous artists alike vividly portrayed soldiers, leaders, and innovations in a compelling manner that brings alive the glory and sadness of the American Civil War. This enthralling visual history chronicles the war's first year, during which the Virginia Peninsula was the focus of Union efforts to capture the Confederate capital 70 miles away at Richmond. Beginning with Union General Benjamin F. Butler's arrival at Fort Monroe in May 1861, until the time of Major General George B. McClellan's pivotal march on Richmond in the spring of 1862, the Virginia Peninsula was the scene of some of the Civil War's most critical events, including the "contraband of war" issue; the Battle of Big Bethel, the war's first land battle; the Monitor-Merrimac engagement, the first battle between ironclad ships; and the Peninsula Campaign.

Author : Cassandra Newby-Alexander
Publisher : American Heritage
ISBN 13 : 9781609490775
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An African American History of the Civil War in Hampton Roads written by Cassandra Newby-Alexander and published by American Heritage. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a fascinating narrative and stunning vintage photographs, readers will discover the struggles and triumphs of the African Americans of Hampton Roads. It was in Hampton Roads, Virginia, that hundreds gained their freedom. The teeming wharves were once a major station on the Underground Railroad, and during the Civil War, escaped slaves such as Shepard Mallory, Frank Baker and James Townsend fled to Fort Monroe to become contrabands under the protection of General Benjamin Butler. Upon arrival in the region, many took up arms for the Union, and the valiant deeds of some placed them among the first African American Medal of Honor recipients. Join Professor Cassandra L. Newby-Alexander as she charts the history of this remarkable African American community from the Civil War to Reconstruction.

Author : John V. Quarstein
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738501147
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fort Monroe written by John V. Quarstein and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fort Monroe: The Key to the South is a powerful pictorial portraying the exciting history of the only fort in the Upper South to remain under Union control throughout the Civil War. Strategically located on Old Point Comfort guarding the entrance to Hampton Roads and dominating the lower Chesapeake Bay, Fort Monroe quickly became a Federal bastion within the Confederacy and influenced many of the Civil War's greatest events. Known as "Freedom's Fortress" following Ben Butler's May 1861 decision to consider slaves escaping into Union lines as "contraband of war," Fort Monroe quickly became a symbol of freedom and helped to define the wartime objective to end slavery. Soldiers on Fort Monroe's ramparts witnessed first-hand several new technologies, including the first balloon launching to observe enemy operations and the first battle between ironclad warships. Fort Monroe also played a critical role in the eventual Union victory, serving as a base for amphibious operations against Southern ports as well as staging campaigns against the nearby Confederate capital in Richmond. The drama played along the parapets of Fort Monroe during the Civil War has been brought to life by this comprehensive visual history. Fort Monroe: The Key to the South features over 175 images documenting this massive fort and its role in pivotal events like the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, Monitor-Virginia (Merrimack) engagement, and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference. Whether views of famous men like Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, and Jefferson Davis or scenes of the many soldiers and civilians serving on Old Point Comfort, this pictorial vividly chronicles Fort Monroe's tremendous Civil War heritage.

Author : John V. Quarstein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hampton and Newport News in the Civil War written by John V. Quarstein and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. Michael Cobb
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1611211174
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Battle of Big Bethel written by J. Michael Cobb and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2013-10-19 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A comprehensive study of the Civil War’s first major battle . . . well leavened with strategic and political context” (Robert E. L. Krick, author of Staff Officers in Gray). Battle of Big Bethel is the first full-length treatment of the small but consequential June 1861 Virginia battle that reshaped perceptions about what lay in store for the divided nation. The successful Confederate defense reinforced the belief most Southerners held that their martial invincibility and protection of home and hearth were divinely inspired. After initial disbelief and shame, the defeat hardened Northern resolution to preserve their sacred Union. The notion began to take hold that, contrary to popular belief, the war would be difficult and protracted—a belief that was cemented in reality the following month on the plains of Manassas. Years in the making, Battle of Big Bethel relies upon letters, diaries, newspapers, reminiscences, official records, and period images—some used for the first time. The authors detail the events leading up to the encounter, survey the personalities as well as the contributions of the participants, set forth a nuanced description of the confusion-ridden field of battle, and elaborate upon its consequences. Here, finally, the story of Big Bethel is colorfully and compellingly brought to life through the words and deeds of a fascinating array of soldiers, civilians, contraband slaves, and politicians whose lives intersected on that fateful day in the early summer of 1861. “The authors do a wonderful job of describing the motivations and mindsets of both the U.S. and Confederate soldiers at the outset of the conflict and handle slavery very effectively throughout.” —Edward L. Ayers, author of The Thin Light of

Author : Tim Receveur
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781791561444
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old Soldiers, Saloons, and Community written by Tim Receveur and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-14 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phoebus is a neighborhood in Hampton, Virginia with an oversized share of history. It was home to the Kecoughtan Indians when the first English explorers landed on its shores on the way to Jamestown in 1607 and Phoebus would serve as the first Union Army camp in Virginia in the early days of the Civil War. Through the years, the town would host railroads, streetcars, U.S. Presidents, and saloons "on every street corner and two in between."This book chronicles the unique story of Phoebus including its legendary drinking, fighting, and rioting at the end of the 19th century, its home to the first community for freed slaves in the South, the election of two of the earliest African-American officials in the state of Virginia in 1901, and the establishment of much of the community as a historic district by the National Park Service in 2006. Old Soldiers, Saloons, and Community Spirit also highlights the neighborhood's special 125-year relationship with its fire department and the economic revitalization currently underway, as a new wave of local businesses usher in the first great era of Phoebus in the 21st century.

Author : Earl Swift
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813937213
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journey on the James written by Earl Swift and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2014-12-19 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its beginnings as a trickle of icy water in Virginia's northwest corner to its miles-wide mouth at Hampton Roads, the James River has witnessed more recorded history than any other feature of the American landscape -- as home to the continent's first successful English settlement, highway for Native Americans and early colonists, battleground in the Revolution and the Civil War, and birthplace of America's twentieth-century navy. In 1998, restless in his job as a reporter for the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, Earl Swift landed an assignment traveling the entire length of the James. He hadn't been in a canoe since his days as a Boy Scout, and he knew that the river boasts whitewater, not to mention man-made obstacles, to challenge even experienced paddlers. But reinforced by Pilot photographer Ian Martin and a lot of freeze-dried food and beer, Swift set out to immerse himself -- he hoped not literally -- in the river and its history. What Swift survived to bring us is this engrossing chronicle of three weeks in a fourteen-foot plastic canoe and four hundred years in the life of Virginia. Fueled by humor and a dauntless curiosity about the land, buildings, and people on the banks, and anchored by his sidekick Martin -- whose photographs accompany the text -- Swift points his bow through the ghosts of a frontier past, past Confederate forts and POW camps, antebellum mills, ruined canals, vanished towns, and effluent-spewing industry. Along the banks, lonely meadowlands alternate with suburbs and power plants, marinas and the gleaming skyscrapers of Richmond's New South downtown. Enduring dunkings, wolf spiders, near-arrest, channel fever, and twenty-knot winds, Swift makes it to the Chesapeake Bay. Readers who accompany him through his Journey on the James will come away with the accumulated pleasure, if not the bruises and mud, of four hundred miles of adventure and history in the life of one of America's great watersheds.

Author : Taylor M. Chamberlin
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786489340
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between Reb and Yank written by Taylor M. Chamberlin and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The northern part of Loudoun County was a Unionist enclave in Confederate Virginia that remained a contested battleground for armies and factions of all stripes throughout the Civil War. Lying between the Blue Ridge Mountains, Harpers Ferry, and Washington, D.C., the Loudoun Valley provided a natural corridor for commanders on both sides, while its mountainous fringes were home to partisans, guerillas, deserters and smugglers. This detailed history examines the conflicting loyalties in the farming communities, the peaceful Quakers caught in the middle, and the political underpinnings of Unionist Virginia.

Author : G.A. Henty
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9358591889
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book With Lee In Virginia A Story Of The American Civil War written by G.A. Henty and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping historical book "With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War" by G. A. Henty brings readers to the height of the American Civil War. The plot centers on Vincent Wingfield, a young Englishman who goes to Virginia to enlist in the Confederate Army. The drama is set against the background of one of the most important moments in American history. The book gives a thorough and comprehensive account of the Civil War, going in-depth on the tactics, conflicts, and political issues that created the war. The tale is authenticated by Henty's thorough study and personal experience with military history, giving readers a better understanding of this turbulent time. The compelling narrative of "With Lee in Virginia" demonstrates Henty's skill at fusing historical details with made-up characters. The novel covers themes of honor, loyalty, and sacrifice in addition to providing exciting action and suspense. For history aficionados, Civil War fans, and anybody looking for an exciting adventure set against the background of one of America's most defining battles, "With Lee in Virginia" is a must-read.