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 in the birth of the modern United States. Lankford's exploration of this pivotal event is at once an authoritative work of history and a stunning piece of dramatic prose.

Richmond Burning: The Last Days of the Confederate Capital

History

Lankford, Nelson

Americas

Penguin Publishing Group

A "compact, engrossing narrative"* that vividly reimagines the events that led to the outbreak of the Civil War What separates historian Nelson D. Lankford's engaging examination of the causes of the Civil War from other books on the subject is its willingness to consider the alternative possibilities to history. Cry Havoc! recounts in riveting detail the small quirks of timing, character, and place that influenced the huge trajectory of events during eight critical weeks from Lincoln's inauguration through the explosion at Fort Sumter and the embattled president's response to it. It addresses the what-ifs, the might-have-beens, and the individual personalities that played into circumstances-a chain of indecisions and miscalculations, influenced by swollen vanity and wishful thinking-that gave shape to the dreadful conflict to come.

Cry Havoc!: The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

The final days of Confederacy are chronicled in this richly rendered portrait of the buring of Richmond, with vivid scenes depicting the destruction of this proud Southern city and close-up profiles of the individuals who played a key role. 35.000 first printing.

Viking Adult

A re-creation of the eight weeks preceding the American Civil War vividly describes such events as Lincoln's inauguration, the attack at Fort Sumter, and Lincoln's call-to-arms proclamation, in an account that also considers if the conflict could have been peaceably avoided. By the author of Richmond Burning.

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Richmond Burning: The Last Days of the Confederate Capital

Cry Havoc!: The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861

Richmond Burning: The Last Days of the Confederate Capital

Cry Havoc!: The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861