Conventional wisdom has it that the Shenandoah Valley, called the granary of the Confederacy, was of vital strategic importance during the Civil War. New evidence, however, shows that since most of its resources were depleted by late 1862, the significance of the Valley has been overestimated. The author uses an extensive array of primary sources to back up this revolutionary thesis: diaries of Valley residents; records and correspondence of the Confederacys Subsistence, Quartermaster, and War Departments; dispatches between Robert E. Lee and his subordinates; as well as recently discovered tax-in-kind records.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Stackpole Books
ISBN-13
9780811715409
eBay Product ID (ePID)
86613737
Product Key Features
Author
Michael G. Mahon
Publication Name
Shenandoah Valley, 1861-1865: the Destruction of the Granary of the Confederacy
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229 mm
Item Width
152 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Title_Author
Michael G. Mahon
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