The official Virginia Civil War battlefield guide / John S. Salmon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salmon, John S., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Battlefields.

Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields--Guidebooks.

Virginia.

Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields--Guidebooks.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Virginia--Tours.

Historic sites--Virginia--Guidebooks.

Historic sites.

Genre:

Guidebooks.

Handbooks and manuals.

Tours.

Physical Description:

xiii, 514 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Virginia Civil War battlefield guide

Place of Publication:

Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, [2001]

Summary:

142 two-color maps vividly depict battlefield action Detailed local driving directions guide visitors to each battlefield site Of the 384 Civil War battlefields cited as critical to preserve by the congressionally appointed Civil War Sites Advisory Commission, 123-fully one-third-are located in Virginia. The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide is the comprehensive guidebook to the most significant battles of the Civil War. Reviewed by Edwin C. Bearss and other noted Civil War authorities and sanctioned by the National Park Service and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, no other guidebook on the market today rivals it for historical detail, accuracy, and credibility.

Contents:

Manassas Campaign, 1861

Aquia Creek 9

Cockpit Point 12

Blackburn's Ford 15

First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) 17

Ball's Bluff 21

Dranesville 23

Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862

First Battle of Kernstown 33

McDowell 35

Front Royal 38

First Battle of Winchester 42

Cross Keys 45

Port Republic 50

Peninsula and Seven Days' Campaigns, 1862

Sewell's Point 67

Big Bethel 69

Hampton Roads 72

Yorktown (Dam No. 1) 76

Williamsburg 80

Eltham's Landing 83

Drewry's Bluff 86

Hanover Court House 88

Seven Pines 91

Oak Grove 95

Beaver Dam Creek 99

Gaines's Mill 102

Garnett's and Golding's Farms 107

Savage's Station 109

Glendale 113

White Oak Swamp 117

Malvern Hill 119

Northern Virginia Campaign, 1862

Cedar Mountain 132

Rappahannock Bridge 135

Manassas Junction Operations 139

Thoroughfare Gap 142

Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) 145

Chantilly 151

Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville Campaigns, 1862-1863

First Battle of Fredericksburg 161

Kelly's Ford 165

Norfleet House (Siege of Suffolk) 168

Hill's Point (Siege of Suffolk) 170

Chancellorsville 173

Second Battle of Fredericksburg 184

Salem Church 188

Gettysburg Campaign, 1863

Brandy Station 198

Second Battle of Winchester 203

Aldie 207

Middleburg 210

Upperville 212

Manassas Gap 214

Bristoe Station and Mine Run Campaigns, 1863

First Battle of Auburn 226

Second Battle of Auburn 230

Bristoe Station 233

Buckland Mills 237

Rappahannock Station 239

Mine Run 242

Overland Campaign, 1864

Morton's Ford 260

Walkerton 262

Wilderness 265

Spotsylvania Court House 270

Yellow Tavern 279

North Anna River 284

Haw's Shop 288

Totopotomoy Creek 290

Old Church 292

Cold Harbor 294

Trevilian Station 298

Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 1864

Port Walthall Junction 308

Swift Creek 312

Fort Clifton 314

Chester Station 316

Proctor's Creek 318

Ware Bottom Church 323

Wilson's Wharf 325

Shenandoah Valley Campaigns, 1864-1865

New Market 338

Piedmont 341

Lynchburg 343

Hanging Rock 347

Cool Spring 349

Rutherford's Farm 351

Second Battle of Kernstown 353

Guard Hill 355

Berryville 357

Third Battle of Winchester (Opequon) 359

Fisher's Hill 363

Tom's Brook 366

Cedar Creek 368

Waynesboro 372

Southwest Virginia Campaigns, 1862-1865

Cumberland Gap 378

Jonesville 380

Cloyd's Mountain 382

Cove Mountain 385

First Battle of Saltville 387

Marion 390

Second Battle of Saltville 392

Richmond and Petersburg Campaign, 1864-1865

First Battle of Petersburg 401

Petersburg Fortifications 403

Jerusalem Plank Road 406

Samaria (Saint Mary's) Church 408

Staunton River Bridge 410

Sappony Church 413

First Battle of Ream's Station 414

First Battle of Deep Bottom 416

The Crater 418

Second Battle of Deep Bottom 421

Globe Tavern 424

Second Battle of Ream's Station 426

Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights 429

Peebles's Farm 433

Darbytown and New Market Roads 436

Darbytown Road 438

Boydton Plank Road 441

Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road 443

Hatcher's Run 446

Fort Stedman 448

Appomattox Campaign, 1865

Lewis's Farm 457

Dinwiddie Court House 459

White Oak Road 461

Five Forks 463

Capture of Petersburg 467

Sutherland Station 471

Namozine Church 473

Amelia Springs 474

Sailor's (Sayler's) Creek 477

High Bridge 480

Rice's Station 483

Cumberland Church 484

Appomattox Station 487

Appomattox Court House 490

Epilogue: The Surrender 493.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-502) and index.

ISBN:

0811728684

OCLC:

45917111