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FRANK E. VANDIVER published his first article on Civil War history while still in his teens and has written dozens of subsequent articles and numerous books on Civil War and other military history. His most recent Civil War works include Blood Brothers: A Short History of the Civil War and Voices of Valor: Words of the Civil War, which is an audio recording of Civil War-era speeches and other documents, with historical commentary. Vandiver was a longtime member of the faculty at Rice University and is now President Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of History at Texas A&M University.
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This review is from: Ploughshares into Swords: Josiah Gorgas and Confederate Ordnance (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series) (Paperback)
This is a classic of Civil War history, superbly researched and well-crafted by an author who has complete command of this crucial aspect of the Southern war effort. Not only is it well-written, the excellent research is immediately available to the reader due to the footnotes being located at the bottom of the page, rather than the inferior lay-out method of placing footnotes at the end of the book. In order for anyone to gain a full understand the Confederate war effort, Vandiver's PLOUGHSHARES INTO SWORDS is a must.
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Simply a brilliant book on how the south managed to keep its armies in the field and almost fully supplied despite all the difficulties of the Northern blockade etc. A superb book on a forgotten area of warfare, Logistics.
Alan Lowe. B.A. MRes. Manchester Metropolitan University.
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The man who armed the Confederacy,
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This review is from: Ploughshares into Swords: Josiah Gorgas and Confederate Ordnance (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series) (Paperback)
When the Confederacy began to arm, weapons were in such short supply that serious consideration was given to arming the troops with pikes. When Lee surrendered at Appomattox, four years later, the South was in ruins, and his men lacked shoes, uniforms, and food, but they had guns and ammunition. This book is the story of the man responsible for this miracle, Josiah Gorgas. It is a tale of invincible determination, boundless energy, and endless ingenuity, and is well worth reading regardless of your feelings about the war.
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- The Story Of The Confederacy (Da Capo Paperback) by Robert Selph Henry on 4 pages
- Personal Memoirs: Ulysses S. Grant (Modern Library War) by Ulysses S. Grant on page 93, page 196, and Back Matter
- Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 (History of the South) by E. Merton Coulter on page 129, and Back Matter
- The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama by Ethel Marie Armes on page 276, and Back Matter
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- Sherman and the Burning of Columbia by Marion B. Lucas on page 28, page 61, and Back Matter
- Rise and Fall of the Confederacy: The Memoir of Senator Williamson S. Oldham, CSA (SHADES OF BLUE & GRAY) by Clayton E. Jewett on page 37, and Back Matter
- Railroads in the Civil War: The Impact of Management on Victory and Defeat (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War) by John E. Clark on page 70, and Back Matter
- Conflict and Compromise: The Political Economy of Slavery, Emancipation and the American Civil War by Roger L. Ransom on page 201, and Back Matter
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