Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-265).
Contents
Trying to organize -- Gauging the unknown -- Reorganizing for the long haul -- Groping at the top -- Midwar bureaucracy -- Continued groping at the top -- Supply and strategy : a troublesome interplay -- "Come home to roost" -- Retrospect.
Summary
This book presents a survey of the efforts of the Confederate government to equip its fighting men. The study emphasizes policy-making rather than technology and stresses supplying the armies east of the Mississippi, dealing briefly with the affairs in the Trans-Mississippi and with the navy.
