An environmental history of the Civil War
"This sweeping history recognizes that the Civil War was not just a military conflict but also a moment of profound transformation in Americans' relationship to the natural world. To be sure, environmental factors such as topography and weather powerfully shaped the outcomes of battles and...
| Main Author: | Browning, Judkin, |
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| Other Authors: | Silver, Timothy, 1955- |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2020]
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| Physical Description: |
261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Series: |
Civil War America (Series)
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: More than the mud march
- Sickness, Spring-Winter 1861
- Weather, Winter 1861-Fall 1862
- Food, Fall 1862-Summer 1863
- Animals, Summer 1863-Spring 1864
- Death and disability, Spring 1864-Fall 1864
- Terrain, Fall 1864-Spring 1865
- Epilogue: An environmental legacy.