Lexington, Virginia and the Civil War

Jubilant at the outbreak of the Civil War anddestitute in its aftermath, Lexington, Virginia, ultimately rose from the ashesto rebuild in the shadow of the conflict’s legacy. It is the final restingplace of two famous Confederate generals, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson,and the home of two of the South’s most important war-era colleges, WashingtonCollege and the Virginia Military Institute. Author Richard G. Williamspresents the trials and triumphs of Lexington during the war, includingharrowing narratives of Union general Hunter’s raid through the town, Lee'sstruggle between Union and state allegiances and Jackson’s rise from professorto feared battlefield tactician.