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Civil War Macon

Richard William Iobst

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Description:Macon is located at the head of navigation on the Ocmulgee River in the center of the State of Georgia. In 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, Macon was a very diverse community. Although the city tended to be homogeneous in its thinking, its population included people from many different states and many countries, especially European. It was, moreover, a business community dedicated to supplying the surprisingly sophisticated needs of its citizens, of the cotton planters who grew the short-staple upland cotton which provided the principal foundation of wealth for the antebellum South in general, and for the people of Middle Georgia in particular. This amazing diversity would serve Macon well in the desperate struggle which was to come.Now, told for the first time in such detail, is the story of Macon, Georgia, during the Civil War. What was life like in Macon during the war? What kinds of industry there were supplying the confederate army? Why did Sherman not come down to Macon? What of Wilson's raid through middle Georgia? These answers and much more fill the pages of Richard Iobst's very readable narrative.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Civil War Macon. To get started finding Civil War Macon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 520

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: 1999

ISBN: ogh5AAAAMAAJ

Description: Macon is located at the head of navigation on the Ocmulgee River in the center of the State of Georgia. In 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, Macon was a very diverse community. Although the city tended to be homogeneous in its thinking, its population included people from many different states and many countries, especially European. It was, moreover, a business community dedicated to supplying the surprisingly sophisticated needs of its citizens, of the cotton planters who grew the short-staple upland cotton which provided the principal foundation of wealth for the antebellum South in general, and for the people of Middle Georgia in particular. This amazing diversity would serve Macon well in the desperate struggle which was to come.Now, told for the first time in such detail, is the story of Macon, Georgia, during the Civil War. What was life like in Macon during the war? What kinds of industry there were supplying the confederate army? Why did Sherman not come down to Macon? What of Wilson's raid through middle Georgia? These answers and much more fill the pages of Richard Iobst's very readable narrative.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Civil War Macon. To get started finding Civil War Macon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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