This book describes historical events in Virginia during the War of 1812, looking specifically at how Virginia's militia was organized, supplied, and financed by the Commonwealth. It discusses the militia's unpreparedness in training, its lack of adequate ordnance, and how the state financed the war.
This book describes historical events in Virginia during the War of 1812, looking specifically at how Virginia's militia was organized, supplied, and financed by the Commonwealth. It discusses the militia's unpreparedness in training, its lack of adequate ordnance, and how the state financed the war.
Stuart L. Butler is the former assistant branch chief of the Military Archives Division, National Archives and Records Administration. He retired in 1999 and currently serves on the Citizens Advisory Council for the Virginia Bicentennial of the American War of 1812 Commission. He attended Florida State University and Florida Atlantic University where he received his B.A. and M.A. in American history. He is the author of the Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812 (revised 2011), Real Patriots and Heroic Soldiers: General Joel Leftwich, and The Virginia Brigade in the War of 1812 (2008).
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Preface List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Prologue to War 2. Wrongs so Daring in Character 3. The Year of the Five Governors 4. May God Desert Those Who Now Desert Their Country 5. Thirty Years of Neglect 6. The Militia the Great Bulwark of Our Liberty 7. Virginians Debate the War 8. We Shall Be Victorious Because We Are Right 9. A Brigade of Hearty Athletic Men and Fine Soldiers 10. We Find This Place in a Most Defenceless Situation 11. British Strategy and the Defense of Norfolk 12. Legislative Initiatives 13. To the Mercy of Any Invader 14. The Result Has Been Most Glorious to Our Arms 15. They Acquitted Themselves as Becomes Virginians 16. Richmond Threatened 17. We have a Savage Enemy at our Threshold 18. There is reason to believe that he will be reinforced 19. Taxes and Embargoes 20. The Internal Foe 21. Our Weakness is Alarming 22. Determined to Ruin the Northern Neck 23. The Donation of Alexandria and the Battle of the White House 24. To Repel and Chastise the Invaders 25. Richmond in Peril 26. Those Gallant Virginians 27. The Last Months of the War 28. Its Conditions are Honorable to our Country 29. To the Tented Field 30. Epilogue Appendix One Appendix Two Bibliography Index
Preface List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Prologue to War 2. Wrongs so Daring in Character 3. The Year of the Five Governors 4. May God Desert Those Who Now Desert Their Country 5. Thirty Years of Neglect 6. The Militia the Great Bulwark of Our Liberty 7. Virginians Debate the War 8. We Shall Be Victorious Because We Are Right 9. A Brigade of Hearty Athletic Men and Fine Soldiers 10. We Find This Place in a Most Defenceless Situation 11. British Strategy and the Defense of Norfolk 12. Legislative Initiatives 13. To the Mercy of Any Invader 14. The Result Has Been Most Glorious to Our Arms 15. They Acquitted Themselves as Becomes Virginians 16. Richmond Threatened 17. We have a Savage Enemy at our Threshold 18. There is reason to believe that he will be reinforced 19. Taxes and Embargoes 20. The Internal Foe 21. Our Weakness is Alarming 22. Determined to Ruin the Northern Neck 23. The Donation of Alexandria and the Battle of the White House 24. To Repel and Chastise the Invaders 25. Richmond in Peril 26. Those Gallant Virginians 27. The Last Months of the War 28. Its Conditions are Honorable to our Country 29. To the Tented Field 30. Epilogue Appendix One Appendix Two Bibliography Index
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