EAN: 9783319362410

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This is a fresh look at the American Civil War from the standpoint of the natural resources necessary to keep the armies in the field. This story of the links between minerals topography and the war in western Virginia now comes to light in a way that enhances our understanding of America's greatest trial. Five mineral products - niter lead salt iron and coal - were absolutely essential to wage war in the 1860s. For the armies of the South those resources were concentrated in the remote Appalachian highlands of southwestern Virginia. From the beginning of the war the Union knew that the key to victory was the destruction or occupation of the mines furnaces and forges located there as well as the railroad that moved the resources to where they were desperately needed. To achieve this Federal forces repeatedly advanced into the treacherous mountainous terrain to fight some of the most savage battles of the War.

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