num_pages: 407
description: To most history travelers, Virginia IS the Civil War. It is the state where the Battles of Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Petersburg, the Wilderness, and Manassas took place. The city of Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy. Appomattox saw the surrender of Lee to Grant. The campaigns that were fought here were led by some of the war's most visible leaders_Lee, Jackson, Grant, Meade, Sheridan, Stuart, Mosby. This guide also includes West Virginia, which was created from a section of Virginia early in the war.
language: English
title: Touring Virginia's and West Virginia's Civil War Sites
titlecomplete: Touring Virginia's and West Virginia's Civil War Sites (Touring the Backroads)
genres: Civil War, Travel
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Blair