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The American Civil War: A War of Logistics

Welter, Franklin Michael
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1434019565

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2015, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, History.
The American Civil War was the first modern war. It was fought with weapons capable of dealing death on a scale never before seen. It was also the first war which saw the widespread use of the railroad. Across the country men, materials, and supplies were transported along the iron rails which industrial revolution swept in. Without the railroads, the Union would have been unable to win the war. All of the resources, men, and materials available to the North mean little when they cannot be shipped across the great expanse which was the North during the Civil War. The goals of this thesis are to examine the roles and issues faced by seemingly independent people in very different situations during the war, and to investigate how the problems which these people encountered were overcome. The first chapter, centered in Ohio, gives insight into the roles which noncombatants played in the process. Farmers, bakers, and others behind the lines. Chapter two covers the journey across the rails, the challenges faced, and how they were overcome. This chapter looks at how those in command handled the railroad, how it affected the battles, especially Gettysburg, and how the railroads were defended over the course of the war, something which had never before needed to be considered. The final chapter investigates the final leg of the journey for our hardtack. The hardtack, first grown by Dey and baked by Varwig in Ohio, will finally be deposited in the hands of soldiers of the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Without the rails, such a journey would have been impossible.
Rebecca Mancuso, Dr. (Advisor)
Dwayne Beggs, Dr. (Advisor)
79 p.
History; Military History; Transportation
Ohio; Civil War; American Civil War; Railroad; Train; Locomotive; Hardtack; Haupt; Varwig; Meigs; Lincoln; Union; North; Confederate; CSA; South; Shipping; Logistics; Gettysburg; Lee; Production; Supply

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  • Welter, F. M. (2015). The American Civil War: A War of Logistics [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1434019565

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Welter, Franklin. The American Civil War: A War of Logistics. 2015. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1434019565.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Welter, Franklin. "The American Civil War: A War of Logistics." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1434019565

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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