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Informationen zum Autor By Stuart L. Butler Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Prologue to War2. Wrongs so Daring in Character3. The Year of the Five Governors4. May God Desert Those Who Now Desert Their Country5. Thirty Years of Neglect6. The Militia the Great Bulwark of Our Liberty7. Virginians Debate the War8. We Shall Be Victorious Because We Are Right9. A Brigade of Hearty Athletic Men and Fine Soldiers10. We Find This Place in a Most Defenceless Situation11. British Strategy and the Defense of Norfolk12. Legislative Initiatives13. To the Mercy of Any Invader14. The Result Has Been Most Glorious to Our Arms15. They Acquitted Themselves as Becomes Virginians16. Richmond Threatened17. We have a Savage Enemy at our Threshold18. There is reason to believe that he will be reinforced19. Taxes and Embargoes20. The Internal Foe21. Our Weakness is Alarming22. Determined to Ruin the Northern Neck23. The Donation of Alexandria and the Battle of the White House24. To Repel and Chastise the Invaders25. Richmond in Peril26. Those Gallant Virginians27. The Last Months of the War28. Its Conditions are Honorable to our Country29. To the Tented Field30. EpilogueAppendix OneAppendix TwoBibliographyIndex
