Defending the Old Dominion
Virginia and its Militia in the War of 1812
1st Edition
Published on 21. December 2012
642 pages
978-0-7618-6040-2 (ISBN)
Description
Defending the Old Dominion describes historical events in Virginia during the War of 1812, examining how Virginia's militia was organized, supplied, and financed by the Commonwealth. The book discusses the militia's unpreparedness in training, its lack of adequate ordnance and arms, and how that affected its ability to defend the state against British incursions during the war. Political activities of the Virginia legislature and the U.S. Congress are examined with special reference to how the state financed the war and its relationship with the U.S. government. The book includes the fascinating story of nearly two thousand former slaves who fled to British ships to fight in Virginia with British forces.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
29 b/w photos
ISBN-13
978-0-7618-6040-2 (9780761860402)
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12/2012
University Press of America
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Person
Stuart L. Butler is the former assistant branch chief of the Military Archives Division, National Archives and Records Administration. He retired in 1999 and currently serves on the Citizens Advisory Council for the Virginia Bicentennial of the American War of 1812 Commission. He attended Florida State University and Florida Atlantic University where he received his B.A. and M.A. in American history. He is the author of the Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812 (revised 2011), Real Patriots and Heroic Soldiers: General Joel Leftwich, and The Virginia Brigade in the War of 1812 (2008).
Content
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
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
