The Confederate State of Richmond
The Confederate State of Richmond

Author: Emory M. Thomas

Publisher: LSU Press

Published: 1998-10-01

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780807123195

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In this, his first book, originally published in 1971, noted historian Emory M. Thomas offers an astute analysis of Civil War Richmond that remains unchallenged to this day. Blending official documents and city council minutes with personal diaries and newspaper accounts, Thomas vividly recounts the military, political, social, and economic experiences of the Confederate capital, providing a compelling drama of home-front war that, in Richmond's case, rivaled the spectacular events on the battlefield. One of the first studies in southern urban history, The Confederate State of Richmonddeftly demonstrates how Richmond responded to the intense demands of war and became a great capital city.

The Confederate Governors
The Confederate Governors

Author: Wilfred Buck Yearns

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2010-05-01

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0820335576

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This collection of thirteen essays examines the leaders of the southern states during the Civil War. Malcolm C. McMillan writes of the futile efforts of Alabama's wealthy governors to keep the trust of the poor non-slaveholding whites. Paul D. Escott shows Georgia Governor Joseph Emerson Brown's ability to please both the planter elite and the yeoman farmers. John B. Edmunds, Jr. examines the tremendous problems faced by the governors of South Carolina, the state that would suffer the highest losses. Each of the contributors describes the governor's reaction to undertaking duties never before required of men in their positions—urging men to battle, searching for means to feed and clothe the poor, boosting morale, and defending their state's territories, even against great odds.

Why the South Lost the Civil War
Why the South Lost the Civil War

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Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 1991-09-01

Total Pages: 630

ISBN-13: 9780820313962

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Offers a chronological account of the Civil War, reexamines theories for the South's defeat, and analyzes Confederate and Union military strategy

From Cape Charles to Cape Fear
From Cape Charles to Cape Fear

Author: Robert M. Browning Jr.

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 2003-07-09

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 0817350195

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Examines naval logistics, tactics, and strategy employed by the Union blockade off the Atlantic coast of the Confederacy.