title: Civil War Weather in Virginia
author:  Robert K. Krick 
description: <DIV>&quot;A widely acclaimed authority on the Virginia campaigns as well as the Army of Northern Virginia, Krick is also an indefatigable researcher who seems constantly to be unearthing personal writings and data that bring data and life to Civil War history. [...] Events become clearer and more accurate when weather data is inserted.&quot;<BR /> &mdash;<I>Journal of Military History</I><BR /><BR /> &quot;Krick&#39;s book is a valuable reference work that fills a gap in [the] literature and could potentially inspire research into the environmental history of the war&mdash;an area wide open for investigation.&quot;<BR /> &mdash;<I>Journal of Southern History</I></DIV><br /><br /><DIV>&quot;Any historian working on the operations of armies in the eastern theater will have to consult Krick&#39;s book. [...] In short, Krick has provided a crucial reference for those working on military operations in Virginia.&quot;<BR /> &mdash;<I>Southern Historian: A Journal of Southern History</I><BR /><BR /> &quot;Readers looking for precise information pertaining to the weather in the Washington-to-Richmond corridor during the Civil War will find what they are looking for.&quot;<BR /> &mdash;<I>Civil War History Journal</I></DIV><br /><br /><DIV><DIV><DIV>&ldquo;[Krick is] the greatest secret weapon for Civil War battlefield preservation we&rsquo;ve ever had.&rdquo;</DIV><DIV>&mdash;Former New York Representative Robert J. Mrazek</DIV><BR /> &ldquo;Students of the Civil War will find the book an extremely useful reference work. The tables and additional commentary from widely scattered sources offer indispensable information for anyone interested in military campaigns in Virginia. To have all of this information for the entire war readily available in one place is the single most significant contribution of this work.&rdquo;</DIV><DIV>&mdash;George C. Rable, President, Society of Civil War Historians<BR /> &#160;<DIV>&ldquo;The quotations included are very vivid.&rdquo;</DIV><DIV>&mdash;David Laskin, author of <I>Braving the Elements: The Stormy History of American Weather</I></DIV></DIV></DIV>
zlib_text: CIVIL WAR WEATHER IN VIRGINIA
  
  CIVIL WAR WEATHER
  IN VIRGINIA
  ROBERT K. KRICK
  THE UNIVERSITY OF AL ABAMA PRESS
  Tuscaloosa
  
  Copyright © 2007
  The University of Alabama Press
  Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380
  All rights reserved
  Manufactured in the United States of America
  Typeface: AGaramond
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  National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library
  Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  Krick, Robert K.
  Civil War weather in Virginia / Robert K. Krick.
  p. cm.
  Includes bibliographical references.
  ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-1577-1 (cloth : alk. paper)
  ISBN-10: 0-8173-1577-2
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  Civil War, 1861–1865—Sources. 4. Washington (D. C.)—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—
  Sources. 5. Richmond (Va.)—Climate—History—19th centu