Title An illustrated guide to Virginia's Confederate monuments / Timothy S. Sedore

Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 310 pages) : illustrations, color portrait, map Contents Cover; Flaps; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Shenandoah Valley and Northwest Virginia; 2. Southwest Virginia; 3. Richmond, Northern Virginia, and the Piedmont; 4. The Northern Neck, Middle Peninsula, Eastern Shore, and Eastern Southside; 5. Petersburg, the Southside West of Petersburg, and Central Virginia West of Richmond; Appendix: Common Mottos; Index; Author Bio; Back Jacket Summary As America was torn apart by the horrors of the Civil War, no state bore the brunt of battle more than Virginia. Home to the Confederate capitol of Richmond and the linchpin of the eastern theater of the war, the state now bears a myriad of testaments to its harrowing past, waiting to be explored. With An Illustrated Guide to Virginia's Confederate Monuments, Timothy S. Sedore presents the first volume to enumerate Virginia's southern Civil War memorials marking the bloody battles that took place on Virginia soil. Sedore's illuminating and highly readable guide catalogs 360 of the state's Notes Print version record Subject Monuments -- Virginia -- Guidebooks Monuments -- Southern States -- Guidebooks Soldiers' monuments -- Virginia -- Guidebooks Soldiers' monuments -- Southern States -- Guidebooks War memorials -- Virginia -- Guidebooks War memorials -- Southern States -- Guidebooks HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877) Monuments Soldiers' monuments War memorials SUBJECT Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Monuments -- Guidebooks Confederate States of America -- History -- Monuments -- Guidebooks United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Monuments -- Guidebooks Subject Southern States United States United States -- Confederate States of America Virginia Genre/Form Guidebooks History Form Electronic book ISBN 0809386259 9780809386253

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