This book was written by Frank E. Vandiver, published in 1952, the narrative is 314 pages and is not illustrated. Begun in the late 1940's, before Vandiver enrolled in the doctoral program at Tulane University, research for this book started with his interviewing the Confederate Ordnance Chief's daughters and included perusals of Gorgas's 1857-1877 journals. Gorgas is credited with creating, in the Confederacy's Ordnance Department, "success beyond expectation". With the South having far less capacity to produce arms than the North and with communications coming from the field severely hampered throughout the war, the former West Pointer nevertheless was responsible for the fact that, as some have argued, the South kept the war alive as long as it did. Supplying the South with firearms was such a problem in the beginning that pike and lance had been ordered to arm troops. Lead shortages were chronically low, and at one point in 1863 a bureau circular restricted cartridge issues to three per man per month. But supplies never dried up completely, and Gorgas kept his eye on the situation in every theater. This hard book is in good, used condition, with a dust cover in fair condition.

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