Arming the Confederacy : how Virginia's minerals forged the Rebel war machine /: how Virginia's minerals forged the Rebel war machine. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert C. Whisonant.
• Authors: Whisonant, Robert C (Robert Clyde), 1941-
• Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Minerals and Warfare -- Terrain and a Tale of Two Nations -- The Land They Fought For -- Niter and Gunpowder -- Bullets, Firearms, and Colonel Chiswell?s Mines -- The Lead Mines Under Attack -- The Saltville Salt Works -- Two Battles and a Massacre -- Iron, Civilizations, and War -- Virginia?s Iron Industry in the Civil War -- Coal, Confederate Mines, and the CSS Virginia -- Confederate Railroads -- Union Raiders in the New River Valley -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 206 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 622.09755; Popular works; Mines and mineral resources -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mining; Mines and mineral resources; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Mineralogy; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; History -- General; Social Science -- General; Mineralogy & gems; Historical geology; History; Cultural studies; Mineral resources; Geology; History; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; Geography; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Virginia; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319145082; 3319145088; 9783319145075
• Related ISBNs: 331914507X; 9783319145075
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 25, 2015).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.