The Confederate War: How Popular Will, Nationalism, and Military Strategy Could not Starve Off Defeat (Gary W. Gallagher - CA) prisons " Douglass is one of

" Douglass is one of the most prominent figures in African American and United States history

the excerpts provide glimpses of personal encounters with the natural world during the war

and introduces the important friends he made

Through these intimate stories

He differed from his brother and Lincoln on the subject of emancipation

The Confederate War: How Popular Will, Nationalism, and Military Strategy Could not Starve Off Defeat (Gary W. Gallagher - CA) prisons " Douglass is one ofby 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