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"Civil War Supply and Strategy is a triumph. It insightfully connects strategy, supply, and the movement of armies, demonstrating U.S. ability and learning proved at least equal to what the Prussians showed in 1866 and 1870. Hess, our most capable thematic Civil War military historian, ties themes to narrative more effectively than ever before. He clearly explores the strategic impact of the different supply and transportation capacities of the Upper and Lower South, and displays his exceptional gift for research and offers a deep sense of context in terms of both nineteenth-century America and nineteenth-century warfare."""" - Samuel J. Watson, author of Peacekeepers and Conquerors: The Army Officer Corps on the American Frontier, 1821-1846 """"Earl J. Hess has long been hailed as this generation's most prolific and innovative historian of the sectional conflict's military course. In this scrupulously researched and discriminating volume, he expands upon themes explored in his earlier work on Civil War logistical systems, turning his trained eye upon the critical role that institutional supply networks and local resources played in determining the strategic choices of military leadership from the Trans-Mississippi to the Chesapeake. The result is a highly original work of scholarship that will challenge many readers' basic assumptions of the circumstances that led to Union victory and Confederate defeat. Its contribution to Civil War strategic and operational studies is vast."""" - Christopher S. Stowe, professor of military history, Marine Corps University"

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Earl J. Hess, Stewart W. McClelland Chair in History at Lincoln Memorial University, is the author of more than twenty books on the Civil War, including Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness, winner of the 2016 Tom Watson Brown Book Award from the Society of Civil War Historians.

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