Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-255) and index.
Contents
Introduction : development of an American transportation system -- The challenge of war management : Union and Confederate government responses -- The Confederacy : crisis and decision -- Southern railroads and the Longstreet movement : the effect of Confederate mismanagement -- "A serious disaster" : the federal government responds to defeat at Chickamauga -- The 11th and 12th corps movement : the success of northern management -- The failure of Confederate war management -- Appendix : units of Longstreet's corps and the 11th and 12th corps.