Embattled Shrine

Jamestown is more than a place: it is a symbol. It is remembered as the first permanent English settlement in America where our present form of representative government was born. Yet its 1860s earthworks are reminders of the Civil War, that tumultuous period that endangered the continuance of the United States as one nation. Jamestown was significant in both the colonial and Civil War era because of its strategic location. Sensitive to this heritage and history, David F. Riggs, curator of the Jamestown museum collection, has written the first account of Jamestown's role in the Civil War. Hardcover; 211 pages.