Stuart L. Butler

Defending the Old Dominion

Virginia and Its Militia in the War of 1812

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes historical events in Virginia during the War of 1812, looking specifically at how Virginia's militia was organized, supplied, and financed by the Commonwealth. It discusses the militia's unpreparedness in training, its lack of adequate ordnance, and how the state financed the war.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 674
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 1229g
• ISBN-13: 9780761860396
• ISBN-10: 0761860398
• Artikelnr.: 36759561

Autorenporträt

By Stuart L. Butler

Inhaltsangabe

Preface List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Prologue to
War 2. Wrongs so Daring in Character 3. The Year of the Five Governors 4.
May God Desert Those Who Now Desert Their Country 5. Thirty Years of
Neglect 6. The Militia the Great Bulwark of Our Liberty 7. Virginians
Debate the War 8. We Shall Be Victorious Because We Are Right 9. A Brigade
of Hearty Athletic Men and Fine Soldiers 10. We Find This Place in a Most
Defenceless Situation 11. British Strategy and the Defense of Norfolk 12.
Legislative Initiatives 13. To the Mercy of Any Invader 14. The Result Has
Been Most Glorious to Our Arms 15. They Acquitted Themselves as Becomes
Virginians 16. Richmond Threatened 17. We have a Savage Enemy at our
Threshold 18. There is reason to believe that he will be reinforced 19.
Taxes and Embargoes 20. The Internal Foe 21. Our Weakness is Alarming 22.
Determined to Ruin the Northern Neck 23. The Donation of Alexandria and the
Battle of the White House 24. To Repel and Chastise the Invaders 25.
Richmond in Peril 26. Those Gallant Virginians 27. The Last Months of the
War 28. Its Conditions are Honorable to our Country 29. To the Tented Field
30. Epilogue Appendix One Appendix Two Bibliography Index