The American Civil War
The military aspect of the United States Civil War has always attracted the most attention from scholars. The roar of gunfire, the massed movements of uniformed men, the shrill o f bugles, and the drama of hand to hand combat have facinated students of warfare for a century. Behind the lines, however, life was less spectacular. It was the story of back breaking labor to provide the fighting men with food and arms, of nerve tingling uncertainty about the course of national events, of heartbreak over sons or brothers or husbands lost in battle. If the men on the firing line won the victories, the means to those victories were forged on the home front. Never in the nations history had Americans worked harder for victory than in the Civil War. Northerners and Southerners alike threw themselves into the task of supplying their respective armies. Both governments made tremendous demands upon civilians and, in general, received willing cooperations. By 1863 the Northern war economy was rumbling along in high gear. Everything from steamboats to shovels was needed and produced. Denied Southern cotton, textile mills turned to wool for blankets and uniforms. Hides by the hundreds of thousands were turned into shoes and harness and saddles; ironworks manufactured locomotives, ordnance, armor plate. Where private enterprise lagged, the government set up its own factories or arsenals. Agriculture boomed, with machinery doing the job of farm workers drawn into the army. In short, everything that a nation needed to fight a modern war was produced in uncounted numbers. Inevitably there were profiteers with gold headed canes and flamboyant diamond stickpins, but for every crooked tycoon there were thousands of ordinary citizens living on fixed incomes who did their best to cope with rising prices and still make a contribution to the war effort. Those who could bought war bonds; others knitted, sewed, nursed, or lent any other assistance in their power.
上一篇: 2014英语六级传统阅读临考策略
下一篇: 英语六级阅读练习:陈列感情的博物馆
国内英语资讯:China offers 600 mln USD in aid, loans to Portuguese-speaking countries in Asia, Africa
体坛英语资讯:Suarez on target as Uruguay draw 2-2 with Colombia
笑容是如何出卖你的真实情绪的
2017考研报名常见问题汇总
体坛英语资讯:Ancelotti bids adieu to Milan
美媒看大选二辩谁是赢家
体坛英语资讯:Bremen lifts German Cup
体坛英语资讯:Venus Williams beaten at French Open
娱乐英语资讯:Chinese lyricist Zhuang Nu dies at 95
希拉里“邮件门”是俄罗斯背后捣鬼?
国际英语资讯:Syrian air strike targets IS-held cave in Aleppo, killing dozens
国内英语资讯:China, Portuguese-speaking countries discuss cooperation at ministerial conference
体坛英语资讯:Djokovic and Dementieva stunned, Federer and Serena fight through
2017考研:历年英语翻译真题(6)
2017考研:历年英语翻译真题(3)
国内英语资讯:Chinese premier calls for enhanced China-EU educational cooperation
英女王爱犬安乐死 曾亮相伦敦奥运开幕式
国内英语资讯:Xi stresses implementation of reform measures
老长痘?不哭!因为你会活的比较久
2017考研:历年英语翻译真题(4)
2017考研:历年英语翻译真题(8)
恐怖宣传片!伊斯兰国胁迫金发男孩持枪枪决囚犯
体坛英语资讯:Romulo leaves Figueirense to return to Flamengo
体坛英语资讯:China stuns Germany with 1-1 draw at friendly
国内英语资讯:Xi stresses CPC leadership of state-owned enterprises
体坛英语资讯:Beckham to rejoin Galaxy after match in Italy
国内英语资讯:China, Russia criticize U.S. missile defense plan
法官延长佛罗里达州选民登记期限
专八翻译:B20、G20金句大全(一)
关于英国你不得不知的30件事!