The logistics backdrop for the Confederate army. The supplies on hand, efforts to increase them, efforts to find substitutes, efforts to get them to where they were required, etc. These supplies would be corn, meat, iron, copper, nitre, horses, hides, cloth, ......A simple question here. What book or books on the Civil War have yet to be written?
A great point. Macadamized Roads, for instance, versus what soldiers had to march on, made a big difference.One I started working on and want to get back to at some point is a history of infrastructure to help explain why the roads were generally terrible during the Civil War.
A great point. Macadamized Roads, for instance, versus what soldiers had to march on, made a big difference.
Thank you for that recommendationGo read accounts of soldiers talking about the Valley Pike the first time they march on it, especially northern soldiers.
Ken Noe did an essay a couple of years ago about weather and the effect on the ultisols on the Virginia Peninsula - a good counterpoint to macademized ...A great point. Macadamized Roads, for instance, versus what soldiers had to march on, made a big difference.
Yes, this book has gained much traction of late.Ken Noe did an essay a couple of years ago about weather and the effect on the ultisols on the Virginia Peninsula - a good counterpoint to macademized ...
Honestly, that's what I want to avoid. I'm not interested in the best road in America at the time. I'm interested in the mostly failed turnpikes, the roads that sucked gun carriages up to the axles when it rained half an inch, and the seemingly arbitrary road network.Go read accounts of soldiers talking about the Valley Pike the first time they march on it, especially northern soldiers.
How about a biography of Samuel R. Curtis - the victor of Pea Ridge and Westport? I don't think one currently exists...A simple question here. What book or books on the Civil War have yet to be written?
Sherman once saw a mule drown in a mud hole and I’ve tried to find where that was and haven’t. That says the roads were pretty terrible. There’s a lead for you.Honestly, that's what I want to avoid. I'm not interested in the best road in America at the time. I'm interested in the mostly failed turnpikes, the roads that sucked gun carriages up to the axles when it rained half an inch, and the seemingly arbitrary road network.
The book is excellent. His essay was in a collection published by UNC IIRC.Yes, this book has gained much traction of late. View attachment 401410Been hitting alot of the round table circuits of late