Rust, Jeanne. “Portrait of Laura.” Virginia Cavalcade 12, no. 3 (Winter 1962–63): 34–39.
Scheel, Eugene M. The Civil War in Fauquier. Warrenton, Va.: The Fauquier National Bank, 1985.
———. The History of Middleburg and Vicinity. Warrenton, Va.: Piedmont Press, 1987.
**Smolinski, Diane. The Home Front in the South. Americans at War Series. Chicago: Reed Educational & Professional Publishing, 2001.
**Varhola, Michael J. Everyday Life during the Civil War: A Guide for Writers, Students, and Historians. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1999.
Ward, Geoffrey C., with Ric Burns and Ken Burns. The Civil War: An Illustrated History (Companion Volume to the PBS television series). New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
Wert, Jeffrey D. Mosby’s Rangers, from the High Tide of the Confederacy to the Last Days of Appomattox. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.
PAPERS AND MANUSCRIPTS HELD BY THE MANASSAS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK LIBRARY MANUSCRIPT FILES
Holden, Belle J. “Reminiscences of the War Between the States.” Typescript.
Letter written by Florence to her sister, dated July 24, 1861, near Groveton, Prince William County, published in Southern Magazine (Baltimore) VII, no. 5 (May 1874).
Milliken, Ralph Leroy. “Then We Came to California, a biography of Sarah Summers Clarke, written in the first person.” Typescript.
Robinson, James. “Disposition before the Commissioners of Claims,” February 2, 1872.
Tidball, Captain John, of 2nd U.S. Artillery. War journal excerpts.
TIMELINE
OF THE CIVIL WAR IN VIRGINIA
1860
November 2
Abraham Lincoln elected president
December 20
South Carolina secedes
1861
April 12
Confederates fire on Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina
May 23
Virginia secedes
July 21
Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run)
October 21
Battle of Ball’s Bluff
December 20
Battle of Dranesville
1862
March-June
Stonewall Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley campaign (Kernstown, March 23; McDowell, May 8; Front Royal, May 23; Winchester, May 25; Cross Keys, June 8; Port Republic, June 9)
March 9
Monitor/Merrimac, sea battle off Norfolk; Confederate troops under General Johnston withdraw from northern Virginia
April 4
Union general McClellan advances his troops up Virginia Peninsula
May 4
Confederates evacuate Yorktown
5
Battle of Williamsburg
15
Battle of Drewry’s Bluff
31-June 1
Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines)
June 1
General Robert E. Lee takes command of the Army of Northern Virginia
June 25-July 1
Seven Days’ Battles (around Richmond) (Oak Grove, June 25; Mechanicsville, June 26; Gaines’ Mill, June 27; Savage’s Station, June 29; Glendale, June 30; Malvern Hill, July 1)
Battle of Cedar Mountain
28
Battle of Groveton
29-30
Battle of Second Manassas (Bull Run)
September 1
Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly)
5
Lee crosses into Maryland
17
Battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland (Antietam), the bloodiest day of the war; twenty thousand killed and wounded
22
Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
December 13
Battle of Fredericksburg
1863
January
Ranger John S. Mosby begins his raids against Union camps in northern Virginia
March 17
Battle of Kelly’s Ford
May 1-4
Battle of Chancellorsville (Confederate general Stonewall Jackson mortally wounded); Second Battle of Fredericksburg; Salem Church
June 9
Battle of Brandy Station, largest cavalry engagement in American history
13-15
Second Battle of Winchester
19-21
Cavalry battles in Upperville, Middleburg, and Aldie
July 1-3
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; more than 50,000 killed, wounded, or missing
October 14
Battle of Bristoe Station
November 16-December 1
Mine Run campaign
1864
May 5-6
Battle of the Wilderness
7-19
Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse
11
Battle of Yellow Tavern (cavalry general Jeb Stuart mortally wounded)
May 12-13
Second Battle of Drewry’s Bluff
15
Battle of New Market
23-26
Battle of North Anna River
June 1-3
Battle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Trevilian Station
15
Union siege of Petersburg begins
18
Battle of Lynchburg
July 5-14
Confederate general Jubal Early leads raids on Maryland and Washington, D.C.
20
Battle of Stephenson Depot
23-24
Third Battle of Winchester
24
Second Battle of Kernstown
30
Battle of the Crater at Petersburg
August 6
Grant orders General Sheridan to burn farms of Shenandoah Valley
September 19
Fourth Battle of Winchester
22
Battle of Fisher’s Hill
29
Battle of Fort Harrison
October 19
Battle of Cedar Creek; Union controls Shenandoah Valley
1865
March 2
Battle of Waynesboro
4
Lincoln inaugurated to second term
April 1
Battle of Five Forks
2-3
Richmond and Petersburg abandoned by Confederate army
6
Battle of Sayler’s Creek
9
Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse
14
Lincoln assassinated
21
Mosby disbands his ranger unit rather than surrender
About the Author
L. M. ELLIOTT is the author of the historical novel UNDER A WAR-TORN SKY, a Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC). She is also the author of FLYING SOUTH, winner of the Joan G. Sugarman Children’s Book Award. Her picture books include HUNTER’S BEST FRIEND AT SCHOOL, an IRA/CBC Children’s Choice, and HUNTER AND STRIPE AND THE SOCCER SHOWDOWN, both illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. She lives with her husband and their two children in Virginia. You can visit L. M. Elliott online at www.lmelliott.com.
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