About this title: This is the first full-length study of a major supply bureau on either side of the Civil War. Confederate Commissary General looks at food, the most basic of all supplies. Everyone recognized the importance of plentiful food and its efficient distribution to sustain the fighting forces. Yet, political infighting, protection of each state's own interest, and scandalous rumors made Commissary General Northrop's task immeasurably difficult. This examination of Confederate food supply and distribution is an indispensable addition to every military history library. Jerrold Northrop Moore here ...
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Edition: First?
Binding: First?
Publisher: White Mane Pub., Shippensburg, PA
Date published: c1996
ISBN-13:9780942597752ISBN:0942597753
Description: very good, very good. 23 cm, 340, illus., references, index, some sticker residue and slight soiling to DJ. Foreword by Lynda L. Crist. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: White Mane, Shippensburg
Date published: 1996
Description: Clean, tight book in bright, near fine dustjacket. "Lucius Bellinger Northrop and the Subsistence Bureau of the Southern Army". 8vo, 340pp, bibliog, index. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Leatherette, Gilt Lettering
Publisher: White Mane Publishing Co, Shippenburg, PA
Date published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780942597752ISBN:0942597753
Description: Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First full-length study of Confederate food supply & distribution during the Civil War, covering agriculture, railroads, money supply, trading over enemy lines etc. B&w illustrations throughout. Red leatherette boards w/ gilt lettering to spine, no exterior faults, interior clean & tight w/ gift inscription (by author? ) to front free endpaper. Jacket not price-clipped, sl wear to spine-ends w/ tiny nicks to head, small closed tear to upper ... read more
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