| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 93.2

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Book Review

Virginia at War, 1861. Ed. by William C. Davis and James I. Robertson Jr. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2005. xiv, 241 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-8131-2372-0.)

In what seems to be a novel approach to the study of the Civil War, the prominent historians William C. Davis and James I. Robertson Jr. have brought together a number of eminent scholars to focus their considerable talents on 1861 Virginia. From the state's secession convention to the organization and experiences of Virginia's military, from the views of black Virginians to Richmond's rise as the new Confederate capital, and from the Shenandoah Valley's difficulties to the movement for a separate West Virginia, the authors explore the "common people" of the Old Dominion in 1861 from varied perspectives, including an extended excerpt from the diary of a female refugee (p. vii). The state's location, size, and population, along with its industrial and naval resources, made it an essential part of the Confederacy, the site of several major battles, and an area worthy of specific historical attention.

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