Exploring Petersburg's civilian experience and the city's place in Confederate military strategy and administration. Using scores of unpublished sources, this book weaves a uniquely personal story of thousands of citizen—free blacks, slaves and their holders, factory owners, merchants—all of whom shared a singular experience in Civil War Virginia.

Hardcover ©2006 384 pages, 25 photos/illustrations, 5 maps

A. Wilson Greene is the President of Pamplin Historical Park & National Museum of The Civil War Soldier. He worked formerly as a historian and manager of the National Park Service. Mr. Greene is also a former President of the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites. He has given numerous lectures, and has written extensively on the Civil War era.