Второй том пятитомника, выпускаемого Центром по изучению
Гражданской войны в США при Университете Кентукки. Первый том был
посвящен 1861 г., третий - 1863 и т. д. Это - сборник различных
статей, посвященных вопросам политического и экономического
развития одного из ключевых штатов Конфедерации. Серьезное и
глубокое, хотя и весьма специализированное исследование.
William C. Davis, James I. Robertson Jr. Virginia at War, 1862
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