The Civil War in the West Victory and Defeat from the
Appalachians to the Mississippi (Littlefield History of the
Civil War Era) RRP $58.99 $27.86 Save $31.13 (53%) Free shipping
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pages| |Other Information: ||Illustrations, 1 map| |Published
In: ||United States, 15 February 2012| The Western theater of
the Civil War, rich in agricultural resources and manpower and
home to a large number of slaves, stretched 600 miles north to
south and 450 miles east to west from the Appalachians to the
Mississippi. If the South lost the West, there would be little
hope of preserving the Confederacy. Earl J. Hess's comprehensive
study of how Federal forces conquered and held the West examines
the geographical difficulties of conducting campaigns in a vast
land, as well as the toll irregular warfare took on soldiers and
civilians alike. Hess balances a thorough knowledge of the
battle lines with a deep understanding of what was happening
within the occupied territor