"Richmond, Virginia has an "unparalleled" concentration of Civil War sites. Serving as the Capital of the Confederacy, dozens of battles were fought around it. Visitors can also learn about the Confederate war effort, the home front, industry, transportation, social issues, and internal politics of the Confederacy. This book is a guide to the area's historic sites, museums, and battlefields, and provides historical overviews of important events."-- Provided by publisher.

Historic Overview -- The Richmond Slave Trade -- Battles -- Reconstruction & Remembering, 1865- -- Remembering, 2000- -- Newspapers -- Battlefields -- Cemeteries -- Defenses of Richmond -- Hospitals -- Landmarks -- Local Units -- Monuments -- Museums/Historic Sites -- Prisons -- Published Sources -- Appendix A: Hanover County: The Civilians -- Appendix B: Gravel Hill -- Appendix C: The Richmond Battlefields Association -- Appendix D: The Most Important Convention that has been assembled in this State since the year 1776: The Virginia Secession Convention.