>>EXCERPT ONE — "The Romance and Tragedy of Pioneer Life A Popular Account of the Heroes and Adventurers Who, by Their Valor and War-craft, Beat Back the Savages from the Borders of Civilization and Gave the American Forests to the Plow and the Sickle." >>EXCERPT TWO — Richmond had the largest arms factory during the war, the Tredegar Iron Works. It produced artillery and other munitions, including 723 tons of armor plating that covered the CSS Virginia, the world's first ironclad warship used in war.
