Defend This Old Town: Williamsburg During the Civil War

by Carol Kettenburg Dubbs

Book Overview

Defend This Old Town is a riveting war epic of local scale and human dimensions. Taking its title from the cry raised in Williamsburg as the Federal army approached in 1862, Carol Dubbs's narrative sweeps us into the lives of residents of this small historic city from the secession of Virginia in 1861 to Lee's surrender four years later. Williamsburg's Civil War ordeal has never before been told in such depth.
Located midway on the only land...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807130176
• ISBN13: 9780807130179
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 8.9"