Jeffry D Wert
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 276 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Before the Civil War, America had undergone a technological revolution that made large-scale industry possible, yet, except for the expanding reach of railroads and telegraph lines, the country remained largely rural, with only pockets of small manufacturing. Then the war came and woke the sleeping giant. The Civil War created a wave of unprecedented industrial growth and development, producing a revolution in new structures, ideas, and inventions...
Author
Series
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiv, 288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The struggle over the fortified Confederate position known as Spotsylvania's Mule Shoe was without parallel during the Civil War. A Union assault that began at 4:30 A.M. on May 12, 1864, sparked brutal combat that lasted nearly twenty-four hours. By the predawn hours of May 13, some 17,500 officers and men from both sides had been killed, wounded, or captured when the fighting ceased. The site of the most intense clashes became forever known as the...