Defending the Old Dominion

Virginia and Its Militia in the War of 1812

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

AvStuart L. Butler

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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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Utgivningsdatum2012-12-21
Mått161 x 235 x 53 mm
Vikt1 166 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor672
FörlagUniversity Press of America
ISBN9780761860396

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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).

Preface List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Prologue to War2. Wrongs so Daring in Character3. The Year of the Five Governors4. May God Desert Those Who Now Desert Their Country5. Thirty Years of Neglect6. The Militia the Great Bulwark of Our Liberty7. Virginians Debate the War8. We Shall Be Victorious Because We Are Right9. A Brigade of Hearty Athletic Men and Fine Soldiers10. We Find This Place in a Most Defenceless Situation11. British Strategy and the Defense of Norfolk12. Legislative Initiatives13. To the Mercy of Any Invader14. The Result Has Been Most Glorious to Our Arms15. They Acquitted Themselves as Becomes Virginians16. Richmond Threatened17. We have a Savage Enemy at our Threshold18. There is reason to believe that he will be reinforced19. Taxes and Embargoes20. The Internal Foe21. Our Weakness is Alarming22. Determined to Ruin the Northern Neck23. The Donation of Alexandria and the Battle of the White House24. To Repel and Chastise the Invaders25. Richmond in Peril26. Those Gallant Virginians27. The Last Months of the War28. Its Conditions are Honorable to our Country29. To the Tented Field30. EpilogueAppendix OneAppendix TwoBibliographyIndex