Richmond Burning  -  Nelson Lankford

The Last Days of the Confederate Capital

KORTE INHOUD

Nelson Lankford draws upon Civil War-era diaries, letters, memoirs, and newspaper reports to vividly recapture the experiences of the men and women, both black and white, who witnessed the tumultuous fall of Richmond. In April 1865 General Robert E. Lee realized that his army must retreat from the Confederate capital and that Jefferson Davis's government must flee. As the Southern soldiers moved out they set the city on fire, leaving a blazing ruin to greet the entering Union troops. The city's fall ushered...
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2003 Uitgever: Penguin Classics 320 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0142003107 ISBN-13: 9780142003107