Civil War weather in Virginia / Robert K. Krick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krick, Robert K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meteorology--Virginia--Richmond--History--19th century.

Meteorology.

Meteorology--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.

Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Chronology.

Richmond (Va.).

Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Chronology.

Washington (D.C.).

Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources.

Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources.

Richmond (Va.)--Climate--History--19th century.

Washington (D.C.)--Climate--History--19th century.

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

United States.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work fills a tremendous gap in our available knowledge in a fundamental area of Civil War studies, that of basic quotidian information on the weather in the theater of operations in the vicinity of Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Virginia. Krick adds to the daily records kept by amateur meteorologists in these two locations. Anecdotal descriptions of weather found in contemporary soldiers' dairies and correspondence combines these scattered records into a chronology of weather information that also includes daybreak and sunset times for each day. The information in Civil War Weath

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. 1860; Chapter 2. 1861; Chapter 3. 1862; Chapter 4. 1863; Chapter 5. 1864; Chapter 6. 1865; Notes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-178).

ISBN:

0-8173-8048-5

OCLC:

182560501