Virginia's Private War: Feeding Body and Soul in the Confederacy, 1861-1865
- ISBN-10
- 0195140478
- ISBN-13
- 9780195140477
- Category
- Civilians in war
- Pages
- 206
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Author
- William Alan Blair
Description
However, the book does not portray the population as uniformly united in a Lost Cause. Virginians complained a great deal about the management of the war. Such complaints, ironically, may have prolonged the war, for some of the Confederacy's leaders responded by forcing the wealthy to shoulder more of the burden for prosecuting the conflict. Substitution ended, and the men who stayed home became government growers who distributed goods at reduced cost to the poor. But ultimately, as the case is made in Virginia's Private War, none of these efforts could stave off an enemy who strained the resources of Rebel Virginians to the breaking point.
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