Ashes of Glory Richmond at War

Name: Ashes of Glory Richmond at War
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ISBN: 9780679746607

ISBN-10: 0679746609

ISBN-13: 9780679746607

Edition: N/A

Authors: Ernest B. Furgurson

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On the day the first shots of the Civil War were fired, a mob in Richmond clambered on top of the Capitol to raise the Confederate flag. Four years later, another flag was raised in its place while the city burned below. A thirteen-year-old girl compared the stars and stripes to "so many bloody gashes." This richly detailed, absorbing book brings to life the years in which Richmond was the symbol of Southern independence and the theater for a drama as splendid, sordid, and tragic as the war itself. Drawing on an array of archival sources, Ashes of Glory portrays Richmond's passion through the voices of soldiers and statesmen, preachers and prostitutes, slaves and slavers. Masterfully…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/30/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.19" wide x 7.94" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English