Behind the Lines in the Southern Confederacy
, by Ramsdell, Charles William; Stephenson, Wendell HolmesNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780807121863 | 080712186X
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 5/1/1997
In this groundbreaking study, Charles W. Ramsdell maintains that deficiencies on the homefront were fundamental to the collapse of the Confederacy. The war, he argues, raised unexpected problems that the southern people were unprepared to solve. Weakened and demoralized, the civilian population could not adequately support its armies, causing the Confederacy to break down from within long before the military situation appeared desperate.