The Confederate War: How Popular Will, Nationalism, and Military Strategy Could not Starve Off Defeat (Gary W. Gallagher - CA) Mark Hughes a workable mouth (complete with

a workable mouth (complete with gnawing incisors)

but instead came on October 16

James Oakes has written a masterful narrative history

Victory Without Triumph: The Wilderness

When Congress began rebuilding the nation after the Civil War

The Confederate War: How Popular Will, Nationalism, and Military Strategy Could not Starve Off Defeat (Gary W. Gallagher - CA) Mark Hughes a workable mouth (complete withby Gary W. Gallagher If one is to believe contemporary historians, the South never had a chance. Many allege that the Confederacy lost the Civil War because of internal division or civilian disaffection; others point to flawed military strategy or ambivalence over slavery. But, argues distinguished historian Gary Gallagher, we should not ask why the Confederacy collapsed so soon but rather how it lasted so long. In The Confederate War he reexamines