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Author : Robert C. Whisonant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Arming The Confederacy written by Robert C. Whisonant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
This is a fresh look at the American Civil War from the standpoint of the natural resources necessary to keep the armies in the field. This story of the links between minerals, topography, and the war in western Virginia now comes to light in a way that enhances our understanding of America's greatest trial. Five mineral products - niter, lead, salt, iron, and coal - were absolutely essential to wage war in the 1860s. For the armies of the South, those resources were concentrated in the remote Appalachian highlands of southwestern Virginia. From the beginning of the war, the Union knew that the key to victory was the destruction or occupation of the mines, furnaces, and forges located there, as well as the railroad that moved the resources to where they were desperately needed. To achieve this, Federal forces repeatedly advanced into the treacherous mountainous terrain to fight some of the most savage battles of the War.
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Author : Robert C. Whisonant
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-02-21
Arming The Confederacy written by Robert C. Whisonant and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-21 with Science categories.
This is a fresh look at the American Civil War from the standpoint of the natural resources necessary to keep the armies in the field. This story of the links between minerals, topography, and the war in western Virginia now comes to light in a way that enhances our understanding of America’s greatest trial. Five mineral products – niter, lead, salt, iron, and coal – were absolutely essential to wage war in the 1860s. For the armies of the South, those resources were concentrated in the remote Appalachian highlands of southwestern Virginia. From the beginning of the war, the Union knew that the key to victory was the destruction or occupation of the mines, furnaces, and forges located there, as well as the railroad that moved the resources to where they were desperately needed. To achieve this, Federal forces repeatedly advanced into the treacherous mountainous terrain to fight some of the most savage battles of the War.
The Confederate War
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Author : Gary W. Gallagher
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1999-03-15
The Confederate War written by Gary W. Gallagher and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-03-15 with History categories.
If one is to believe contemporary historians, the South never had a chance. Many allege that the Confederacy lost the Civil War because of internal division or civilian disaffection; others point to flawed military strategy or ambivalence over slavery. But, argues distinguished historian Gary Gallagher, we should not ask why the Confederacy collapsed so soon but rather how it lasted so long. In The Confederate War he reexamines the Confederate experience through the actions and words of the people who lived it to show how the home front responded to the war, endured great hardships, and assembled armies that fought with tremendous spirit and determination.Gallagher’s portrait highlights a powerful sense of Confederate patriotism and unity in the face of a determined adversary. Drawing on letters, diaries, and newspapers of the day, he shows that Southerners held not only an unflagging belief in their way of life, which sustained them to the bitter end, but also a widespread expectation of victory and a strong popular will closely attuned to military events. In fact, the army’s “offensive-defensive” strategy came remarkably close to triumph, claims Gallagher—in contrast to the many historians who believe that a more purely defensive strategy or a guerrilla resistance could have won the war for the South. To understand why the South lost, Gallagher says we need look no further than the war itself: after a long struggle that brought enormous loss of life and property, Southerners finally realized that they had been beaten on the battlefield.Gallagher’s interpretation of the Confederates and their cause boldly challenges current historical thinking and invites readers to reconsider their own conceptions of the American Civil War.
Confederate Emancipation
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Author : Bruce Levine
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Release Date : 2006
Confederate Emancipation written by Bruce Levine and has been published by Oxford University Press on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Levine sheds light on such hot-button topics as what the Confederacy was fighting for, whether black southerners were willing to fight in large numbers in defense of the South, and what this episode foretold about life and politics in the post-war South.
The Civil War Military Machine
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Author : Ian Drury
language : en
Publisher: Smithmark Publishers
Release Date : 1993
The Civil War Military Machine written by Ian Drury and has been published by Smithmark Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with United States categories.
Illustrations and an examination of arms and equipment used during the Civial War.
The Gray And The Black
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Author : Robert Franklin Durden
language : en
Publisher: Books on Demand
Release Date : 1972-01-01
The Gray And The Black written by Robert Franklin Durden and has been published by Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972-01-01 with Public opinion categories.
Weapons Of The Civil War Cavalryman
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Author : John Walter
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-09-17
Weapons Of The Civil War Cavalryman written by John Walter and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-17 with History categories.
During the American Civil War, the mounted soldiers fighting on both sides of the conflict carried a wide array of weapons, from sabers and lances to carbines, revolvers, and other firearms. Though some sections of the cavalry placed their trust in the sabre, the advent of viable breechloading carbines -- especially repeaters such as the Spencer -- was to transform warfare within little more than a decade of General Lee's final surrender at Appomattox. However, output struggled to keep up with unprecedented demands on manufacturing technology and distribution in areas where communication was difficult and in states whose primary aim was to equip their own men rather than contribute to the arming of Federal or Confederate regiments. In addition, the almost unparalleled losses of men and equipment ensured that almost any firearm, effectual or not, was pressed into service. Consequently, the sheer variety of weaponry carried reflected the mounted soldiers' various roles in different theatres of operation, but also the availability -- or otherwise -- of weapons, notably on the Confederate side. Fully illustrated, this study assesses the effectiveness of the many different weapons arming the Civil War cavalryman and analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the decisions made after 1865 concerning the armament of the US cavalry.
The Air Arm Of The Confederacy
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Author : Joseph Jenkins Cornish
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
The Air Arm Of The Confederacy written by Joseph Jenkins Cornish and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Balloons categories.
The Gray And The Black
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Author : Robert F. Durden
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 2000-05-01
The Gray And The Black written by Robert F. Durden and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-05-01 with History categories.
That the Confederacy in its waning days frantically turned to the idea of arming slaves has long been known by all close students of the Civil War. Yet the more explosive, if unexamined, issue before the southern people and leaders in this last great crisis was whether or not the South itself should initiate a program of emancipation as part of a plan to recruit black soldiers. Jefferson Davis and other leaders, including Robert E. Lee, attempted to force the South to face the desperate alternative of sacrificing one of its war aims—the preservation of slavery—in order to achieve the other—an independent southern nation. In The Gray and the Black, Robert F. Durden reconstructs this intensely passionate debate that cuts to the heart of what the war was about for the South. Throughout his narrative, Durden lets the participants speak for themselves—in journal extracts, newspaper articles, letters, and speeches. These documents and Durden’s perceptive commentary demonstrate with sad finality that, when faced with this ultimate choice, southerners, with certain fascinating exceptions, could not bring themselves to abandon the “peculiar institution.”
Jefferson Davis S Final Campaign
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Author : Philip D. Dillard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Jefferson Davis S Final Campaign written by Philip D. Dillard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with History categories.
Jefferson Davis faced the greatest crisis of his Confederate presidency in the fall of 1864. Stunning Union victories and thinning army ranks forced Davis to decide whether independence or slavery was most important. In November, Davis called on Congress to reconsider the role of the slave in the Southern war effort. His goal was not simply to find more men for Lee's army but rather to create a new Confederate identity based in the experience of war rather than in the shadows of the Old South. Exploring the debate as it unfolded in Virginia, Georgia, and Texas, differences between the Upper South, Deep South, and Trans-Mississippi South emerge. Davis waged his final campaign in newspapers as he challenged the Southern people to define a new role for the slave. Discussion of black men in gray uniforms brought forth long-hidden divisions between planters, yeoman, and poor whites. By looking for common Southerners who held neither high government office nor military position, this work paints a more complex picture of the importance of slavery within the Civil War South. By the spring of 1865, the conservative revolution of 1861 had in fact become a true revolution. The vast majority of Virginians, Georgians, and even some Texans discovered that slavery could be sacrificed more easily than Southern independence. Jefferson Davis won his final campaign by convincing many Southerners that the Confederate nation was more important than the institution of slavery. Book jacket.