Between War and Peace
Journal: Oxford University Press eBooks
Year: 2018

Sevastopol capitulated in September of 1855, nearly one year after the siege had begun. The Allies did not pull out of the peninsula until May 1856, well after the official declaration of peace. Thus, even after the fall of Sevastopol, war continued to ravage Crimea. Armies further denuded landscapes. They requisitioned food, and worked thousands of animals to their deaths. This chapter opens with the Battle of the Chernaya River and the subsequent fall of Sevastopol in September 1855 and contin