Civil War in the West (eBook)

Victory and Defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi

Earl J. Hess (Autor)

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2012
416 Seiten
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-8078-6984-0 (ISBN)

Infos

The Western theater of the Civil War, rich in agricultural resources and manpower and home to a large number of slaves, stretched 600 miles north to south and 450 miles east to west from the Appalachians to the Mississippi. If the South lost the West, there would be little hope of preserving the Confederacy. Earl J. Hess's comprehensive study of how Federal forces conquered and held the West examines the geographical difficulties of conducting campaigns in a vast land, as well as the toll irregular warfare took on soldiers and civilians alike. Hess balances a thorough knowledge of the battle lines with a deep understanding of what was happening within the occupied territories.In addition to a mastery of logistics, Union victory hinged on making use of black manpower and developing policies for controlling constant unrest while winning campaigns. Effective use of technology, superior resource management, and an aggressive confidence went hand in hand with Federal success on the battlefield. In the end, Confederates did not have the manpower, supplies, transportation potential, or leadership to counter Union initiatives in this critical arena.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.3.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Littlefield History of the Civil War Era
• Reihe/Serie: Littlefield History of the Civil War Era
• Zusatzinfo: 39 halftones, 1 map, notes, bibl., index
• Verlagsort: Chapel Hill
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Albert Sydney Johnston • Atlanta Campaign • Battle of Chattanooga • battle of chickamauga • Battle of Franklin • Battle of Nashville • battle of shiloh • Battle of Stones River • Blacks in Civil War America • Braxton Bragg • Capture of New Orleans • Civilians in the Union-occupied South • Civil War in the West • Guerilla Warfare in the Civil War • John Bell Hood • John C. Pemberton • Joseph E. Johnston • Riverboats and Railroads in the Civil War • Siege of Port Hudson • Ulysses S. Grant • vicksburg campaign • William T. Sherman
• ISBN-10: 0-8078-6984-8 / 0807869848
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-6984-0 / 9780807869840