Civil War Logistics : A Study of Military Transportation /

"During the Civil War, neither the Union nor the Confederate army could have operated without effective transportation systems. Moving men, supplies, and equipment required coordination on a massive scale, and Earl J. Hess's Civil War Logistics offers the first comprehensive analysis of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hess, Earl J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Transportation, Military.
Transportation.
Logistics.
Transports militaires > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Transportation, Military > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Logistique.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Logistics.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Transportation.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The logistical heritage
  • Quartermasters North and South
  • The river-based system
  • The rail-based system
  • The coastal shipping system
  • Wagon trains
  • Pack trains, cattle herds, and foot power
  • Troop transfers
  • Targeting steamboats
  • Targeting railroads, coastal vessels, and wagon trains
  • Conclusion.

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