02449nam 2200469Ia 450 991079197150332120230421052051.00-19-987972-91-283-42765-697866134276560-19-987443-3(CKB)2560000000079328(EBL)834709(OCoLC)772845012(MiAaPQ)EBC834709(Au-PeEL)EBL834709(CaPaEBR)ebr10523354(CaONFJC)MIL342765(EXLCZ)99256000000007932819911205d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Why the Confederacy lost[electronic resource] /edited by Gabor S. Boritt ; essays by James M. McPherson ... [et al.]New York Oxford University Press19921 online resource (222 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-508549-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. American Victory, American Defeat; 2. Military Means, Political Ends: Strategy; 3. ""Upon their Success Hang Momentous Interests"": Generals; 4. The Perseverence of the Soldiers; 5. Black Glory: The African-American Role in Union Victory; Notes; For Further Reading: A Bibliography; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YAfter the Civil War, someone asked General Pickett why the Battle of Gettysburg had been lost: Was it Lee's error in taking the offensive, the tardiness of Ewell and Early, or Longstreet's hesitation in attacking? Pickett scratched his head and replied, ""I've always thought the Yankees had something to do with it."" This simple fact, writes James McPherson, has escaped a generation of historians who have looked to faulty morale, population, economics, and dissent as the causes of Confederate failure. These were all factors, he writes, but the Civil War was still a war--won by the Union army tUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Confederate States of AmericaHistory973.7Boritt G. S.1940-1462232McPherson James M136582MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791971503321Why the Confederacy lost3711686UNINA