The Confederate War /
If one is to believe contemporary historians, the South never had a chance. Many allege that the Confederacy lost the Civil War because of internal division or civilian disaffection; others point to flawed military strategy or ambivalence over slavery. But, argues distinguished historian Gary Gallag...
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
1997.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : The challenge of the Confederate experience
- Popular will : "many years yet I fear, we are to endure these severe trials"
- Nationalism : "The Army of Northern Virginia alone, as the last hope of the South, will win the independence of the Confederacy"
- Military strategy : "The Southern populace clamoured for bloody battles"
- Defeat : "What else could we do but give up?"