The Confederate War: How Popular Will, Nationalism, and Military Strategy Could not Starve Off Defeat (Gary W. Gallagher - CA) writing of the wealthy and the

of the wealthy and the hardscrabble poor

battling in torrential rain along the fieldworks at distances often less than the length of a rifle barrel

For nearly a century his military and political career remained deeply misunderstood

They named her Elizabeth

The Confederate War: How Popular Will, Nationalism, and Military Strategy Could not Starve Off Defeat (Gary W. Gallagher - CA) writing of the wealthy and theby Gary W. Gallagher If one is to believe contemporary historians, the South never had a chance. Many allege that the Confederacy lost the Civil War because of internal division or civilian disaffection; others point to flawed military strategy or ambivalence over slavery. But, argues distinguished historian Gary Gallagher, we should not ask why the Confederacy collapsed so soon but rather how it lasted so long. In The Confederate War he reexamines