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Arming the Confederacy

Name: Arming the Confederacy
Brand: Springer International Publishing AG
SKU: 9783319362410
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How Virginia's Minerals Forged the Rebel War Machine

Autor: Robert C. Whisonant

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: Springer International Publishing AG

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This is a fresh look at the American Civil War from the standpoint of the natural resources necessar...

Informacje o książce

Autor

Robert C. Whisonant

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

2016

strony

206

EAN

9783319362410

ISBN

3319362410

Enbook ID

15193687

Wydawca

Springer International Publishing AG

Waga

349

Wymiary

155 x 235 x 12

Pełny opis

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.