For those interested in the political and social history of Civil War home front Virginia, four books are recommended. Unionists, Secessionists, free blacks and slaves are studied in “Old Southampton”, from the sectional crisis through the conflict and into Reconstruction. The black Virginian experience in the Civil War, whether slave or free, for blue or...
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The Civil War in Virginia, for those interested in political and social history, can be introduced with four books from the battlefield, the naval war and amphibious operations, motives of the fighting men, and Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Battle Cry of Freedom is perhaps the best single volume of the Civil War that places...
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Three important books survey the U.S. Constitution’s ratification process for Virginia historians. “The Fate of the Revolution: Virginians Debate the Constitution” is a 204 page book which conveys the immediate contingency of a patriot-founder generation aroused and consumed by the question of nationhood and governance for their posterity. The issues resonate to this day. “Ratification:...
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