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[email protected]. Confederate Richmond: A City’s Call to Arms A thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University. by Tucker L. Modesitt Master of Arts Virginia Commonwealth University, 2015 Director: Dr. John Kneebone, Department Chair and Associate Professor, History Department Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia April, 2015 Abstract CONFEDERATE RICHMOND: A CITY’S CALL TO ARMS Tucker L. Modesitt, Master of Arts A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2015 Major Director: Dr. John Kneebone, Department Chair and Associate Professor, History Department This work mainly focuses on putting the laborers of the Richmond Armory and the Tredegar Iron Works into the context of Civil War Richmond by focusing on their skills, backgrounds, and loyalties throughout the conflict. It highlights the similarities and differences between the two institutions and the legacies that they left behind in the years following the war.