More efficient management of the Southern rail transportation system would have increased the Confederacy's chances for a favorable negotiated settlement to end the American Civil War. Lackluster strategic direction of railroad policy by the Confederate Executive Legislative branches doomed the railroads to a slow death. As the railroads literally and figuratively ran out of gas, so, too, did the hopes of the Confederacy for lasting independence.


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    Title :

    Influence of Confederate Railroad Policy (1861-1864) on the Outcome of the Civil War


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2002


    Size :

    56 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English