Starving the South: How the North Won the Civil War

by Andrew F. Smith

Book Overview

A historian's new look at how Union blockades brought about the defeat of a hungry Confederacy In April 1861, Lincoln ordered a blockade of Southern ports used by the Confederacy for cotton and tobacco exporting as well as for the importation of food. The Army of the Confederacy grew thin while Union dinner tables groaned and Northern canning operations kept Grant's army strong. In Starving the South, Andrew Smith takes a gastronomical look at the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312601816
• ISBN13: 9780312601812
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Great read

Unique perspective on what largely led to the rebellion's failure to continue its fight against the Union