Civil War weather in Virginia [[electronic resource] /] / Robert K. Krick

• Autore: Krick Robert K
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Disciplina: 975.5/03
• Soggetto topico: Meteorology - Virginia - Richmond - History - 19th century; Meteorology - Washington (D.C.) - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Richmond (Va.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 Chronology; Washington (D.C.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 Chronology; Richmond (Va.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 Sources; Washington (D.C.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 Sources; Richmond (Va.) Climate History 19th century; Washington (D.C.) Climate History 19th century; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Chronology; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Sources
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-178).
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. 1860; Chapter 2. 1861; Chapter 3. 1862; Chapter 4. 1863; Chapter 5. 1864; Chapter 6. 1865; Notes
• Sommario/riassunto: This work fills a tremendous gap in our available knowledge in a fundamental area of Civil War studies, that of basic quotidian information on the weather in the theater of operations in the vicinity of Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Virginia. Krick adds to the daily records kept by amateur meteorologists in these two locations. Anecdotal descriptions of weather found in contemporary soldiers' dairies and correspondence combines these scattered records into a chronology of weather information that also includes daybreak and sunset times for each day. The information in Civil War Weath
• Titolo autorizzato: Civil War weather in Virginia
• ISBN: 0-8173-8048-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778378203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II