The Civil War in the West: Victory and Defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi

by Earl J. Hess

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807835420
• ISBN13: 9780807835425
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"