Virginia at War, 1863
Between the epic battles of 1862 and the grueling and violent military campaigns that would follow, the year 1863 was oddly quiet for the Confederate state of Virginia. Only one major battle was fought on its soil, at Chancellorsville, and the conflict was one of the Army of Northern Virginia''s greatest victories. Yet the pressures of the Civil War turned the daily lives of Virginians -- young an...
Between the epic battles of 1862 and the grueling and violent military campaigns that would follow, the year 1863 was oddly quiet for the Confederate state of Virginia. Only one major battle was fought on its soil, at Chancellorsville, and the conflict was one of the Army of Northern Virginia''s greatest victories. Yet the pressures of the Civil War turned the daily lives of Virginians -- young an...