Starving the South: How the North Won the Civil War Elisabeth Lambert EAN: 9780521098205

EAN: 9780521098205

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Starving the South: How the North Won the Civil War Elisabeth Lambert EAN: 9780521098205Author: Smith, Andrew F. Brand: St. Martin's Press Edition: First Edition Number Of Pages: 304 Release Date: 12 04 2011 Details: A historians new look at how Union blockades brought about the defeat of a hungry Confederacy In April 1861, Lincoln ordered a blockade of Southern ports used by the Confederacy for cotton and tobacco exporting as well as for the importation of food. The Army of the Confederacy grew thin while Union dinner tables groaned and