Why Sherman's Failure to Destroy the Augusta Powder Works Prolonged the Civil War
by Theodore P. Savas
ISBN: 9781940669908
Publisher: Savas Publishing
Pub Date: 2023-01-30
Format: Digital download
Imprint: Savas Publishing
Few students of the Civil War realize that almost all of the South’s gunpowder was produced at a single location in Augusta, Georgia. The large and impressive facility made thousands of pounds each day. If it was captured or destroyed, the war would necessarily end within eight to ten weeks because there was no way to replace the gunpowder.
George McClellan and the Discovery of Lee’s Lost Orders, September 13, 1862
by Gene M. Thorp and Alexander B. Rossino
ISBN: 9781611214635
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Pub Date: 2019-06-19
Format: Digital download
Imprint: Savas Beatie
288 Pages
The discovery of Robert E. Lee’s Special Orders no. 191 outside of Frederick, Maryland on September 13, 1862 is one of the most important and hotly disputed events of the American Civil War.
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