Table of Contents

Land Operations in 1865 "Uncertainties and Alarms" "The Question of Bread is a Very Serious One" "Better To Be Merry Than Sad" To Danville "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" "Traitors Shall Not Dictate to Us" "So Unsettled by the War" Diary of a So

About the Author

William C. Davis is a professor of history at Virginia Tech.

Reviews

" Virginia at War, 1865 is a worthy conclusion to the previous four works edited by Davis and Robertson. The essays are well researched.... The series and this volume are welcome contributions to the literature of the American Civil War as Virginians experienced it." -- Brian S. Wills, Journal of Southern History

"All in all, for coverage by qualified authors of such important topics in essay format, this is an excellent volume and companion, this reviewer is sure, to the others in this series and is recommended to the readership. One cannot and should not expect any less from Messrs. Davis and Robertson. -- The Journal of America's Military Past" -- Stuart McClung, The Journal of America's Military Past

"There is no other state series like this one on teh Old Dominion. It is unlikely to have a rival. One hopes that anyone interested in the Civil War, the South, or Virginia... will read this engrossing volume." -- The Civil War Monitor

"This is a fine contribution to the literature on how the war affected what was arguably the Confederacy's most influential state." -- America's Civil War

"This manuscript breathes life into history by focusing on the struggle of Virginians to survive in the time of defeat, hunger, and deprivation in the closing months of the Civil War." -- James A. Ramage, author of Gray Ghost: The Life of Col. John Singleton Mosby