Railroads in the Civil War : the impact of management on victory and defeat /

Railroads in the Civil War : the impact of management on victory and defeat /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clark, John Elwood, 1940-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2001]
Series:Conflicting worlds.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > Management > History > 19th century.
Confederate States of America. > Army > Management.
United States. > Army > Transportation > History > 19th century.
Confederate States of America. > Army > Transportation.
Railroads > United States > History > 19th century.
Railroads > Confederate States of America > History.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Transportation.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
Confederate States of America > Politics and government.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: development of an American transportation system
  • The challenge of war management: Union and Confederate government responses
  • The Confederacy: crisis and decision
  • Southern railroads and the Longstreet movement: the effect of Confederate mismanagement
  • "A serious disaster": the federal government responds to defeat at Chickamauga
  • The 11th and 12th corps movement: the success of northern management
  • The failure of Confederate war management
  • Appendix: units of Longstreet's corps and the 11th and 12th corps.