Webography, Williamsburg and the Peninsular Campaign, 1862
Introduction
Williamsburg lay halfway between federal-held Ft. Monroe on the tip of the
Peninsula and Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy. Confederate troops gathered
in Williamsburg during the early months of the war, but after the Battle of
Williamsburg, May 5, 1862 federal troops occupied the town for the remaining
years of the War. Fire and theft damaged many of the buildings in the City including
the College of William and Mary.
This document provides information about the holdings of the John D. Rockefeller,
Jr. Library and links to web resources on Williamsburg and the peninsular campaign.
Resources from Colonial Williamsburg
Civil
War Williamsburg May 24, 2010: Listen to "Civil War Williamsburg"
with Carson Hudson
Colonial Williamsburg Journal
"How
the Founders Sowed the Seeds of Civil War" by W. Barksdale Maynard.
“We
Bow Our Heads to Yankee Despotism”: Occupied Williamsburg in the War Between
the States" by Carson Hudson.
“The Battle of Williamsburg” by Edward R. Crews. Colonial Williamsburg
Journal, 18(4) Summer 1996, 14-25 (not available online).
“Slavery, Freedom, and Fort Monroe” by Gil Klein. Colonial Williamsburg
Journal, 32(1) Winter 2010, 68-74 (not available online).
Selected Books, Articles and Manuscripts in the Rockefeller Library
Clement, Wallace. “Williamsburg and the Civil War.” Colonial
Williamsburg Interpreter, May 1992,. 8-12
Dubbs, Carol Kettenburg. Defend This Old Town: Williamsburg During the Civil
War. Baton Rouge, LSU Press, 2002.
Godson, Susan H. The College of William and Mary: a History. Williamsburg,
VA: King and Queen Press, 1993.
Hudson, Carson O. Civil War Williamsburg. Williamsburg, VA: Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation, 1997.
Documents of the Civil
War in Special Collections.
Search for more books in the Library
catalog using these subjects:
Virginia – History – Civil War, 1861-1865
Peninsular Campaign, 1862
Williamsburg, Battle of, Williamsburg, VA., 1862
Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862
Seven Days’ Battles, Va., 1862
Other Internet Resources
Civil
War Resource Guide – Library of Virginia
A guide to access Civil War materials within the collection of the Library of
Virginia. This site also includes such records as Virginia Confederate Pensions,
Virginia Confederate Disability Applications and Receipts, Virginia Military
Dead Database, etc.
Virginia Sesquicentennial
Commemoration of the American Civil War
Presented by the Commonwealth of Virginia, this site has information about Civil
War events that are taking place throughout Virginia in 2011. Also includes
information relating to Virginia in the Civil War.
Pictures
of the Civil War – National Archives
The National Archives has over two hundred images from the American Civil War
on its website. To find images relating to Hampton Roads, search (Ctrl-F) the
terms “Hampton Roads,” “James River,” “Norfolk,”
“Yorktown,” and “Monitor.”
American
Memory: Selected Civil War Photographs
This Library of Congress website provides over 1,000 photographs on the American
Civil War. This collection can be searched by keyword, browsed by subject, or
viewed on a time line.
Battle
of the “Monitor” and the “Merrimac”
Peninsular
Campaign
Chronicling
America: Historic American Newspapers
This is a searchable database of early American newspapers. Limit search to
the years of the Civil War and search the terms Williamsburg, Hampton Roads,
Norfolk, Yorktown, “Fort Monroe” or “Fortress Monroe.”
The May 13, 1862 Issue of the New-York Tribune has an extensive article on the
Battle of Williamsburg.
Civil
War Battle Summaries by Campaign - Peninsula Campaign [March-July 1862]
General descriptions about each battle in the American Civil War, including
information on estimated causalities, commanders, forces engaged, etc.
Battle
of Sewell’s Point []
Battle
of Big Bethel
USS
Monitor Center
The Mariners Museum has information about the Battle of Hampton Roads between
the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia (Merrimac) and extensive information
on the conservation of the Monitor.
Action
between USS Monitor and CSS Merrimac 9 March 1862, Naval History& Heritage
Command.
The Battle of Hampton Roads and images of the ironclads.
Fort
Monroe History. City of Hampton
This brief history of Fort Monroe includes information on the Battle of the
Ironclads, Jefferson Davis’ imprisonment at the fort, and Robert E. Lee’s
early military service.
Documenting
the American South
This collection of primary text and images from the libraries at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides a Southern perspective on American
history and culture. The below documents have accounts of the Peninsular Campaign.
The
Story of a Confederate Boy in the Civil War by David E. Johnston of the
7th Virginia Infantry Regiment.
Extracts
of Letters of Major-Gen’l Bryan Grimes, to His Wife: Written While
in Active Service in the Army of northern Virginia. Together with some personal
Recollections of the War. . .
A
Belle of the Fifties; Memories of Mrs. Clay, of Alabama, Covering Social
and Political Life in Washington and the South, 1853-66
A
Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861-1865: Being a Record of the Actual
Experiences of the Wife of a Confederate Officer: Ed. By Myrta Lockett Avary.
[]
Yorktown
in the Civil War. National Park Service:
Describes how the setting and siege of Yorktown played a role in the Peninsular
Campaign.
Civil War
Williamsburg – Greater Williamsburg Chamber & Tourism Alliance
This website gives details about events in the Williamsburg area pertaining
to the Civil War, maps/trails, and a detailed brochure.
Subscription Resources (available only to Colonial Williamsburg staff)
19th
Century U.S. Newspapers
America:
History and Life
JSTOR
America's
Historical Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876
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