Starving the South: How the North Won the Civil War

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Item: Starving the South: How the North Won the Civil War
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Author: Tebel Shaw

by Andrew F. Smith

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A historian's new look at how Union blockades brought about the defeat of a hungry Confederacy In April 1861, Lincoln ordered a blockade of Southern ports used by the Confederacy for cotton and tobacco exporting as well as for the importation of food. The Army of the Confederacy grew thin while Union dinner tables groaned and Northern canning operations kept Grant's army strong. In Starving the South, Andrew Smith takes a gastronomical look at the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0312601816

ISBN13:9780312601812

Release Date:April 2011

Publisher:St. Martin's Press

Length:295 Pages

Weight:1.13 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"

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19th Century Civil War History Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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Great read

Published by Tebel Shaw , 7 months ago

Unique perspective on what largely led to the rebellion's failure to continue its fight against the Union

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