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Page 150
... supply of ammunition never dried up , and the soldiers in the field never went seriously short of powder . The provision of supplies other than weapons to the two armies became very large - scale business indeed . The supply of food ...
... supply of ammunition never dried up , and the soldiers in the field never went seriously short of powder . The provision of supplies other than weapons to the two armies became very large - scale business indeed . The supply of food ...
Page 275
... supply line still further . But in fact he was about to cap his bold decision to move south of Vicksburg with an even bolder one . He would solve the problem of his vulnerable supply line by dis- pensing with it altogether . His army ...
... supply line still further . But in fact he was about to cap his bold decision to move south of Vicksburg with an even bolder one . He would solve the problem of his vulnerable supply line by dis- pensing with it altogether . His army ...
Page 309
... supplies from more distant parts of the Confederacy . Lead , tin and zinc were in desperately short supply , and lack of copper prevented the casting of bronze cannon for months at a time . There was never any hope of realising the ...
... supplies from more distant parts of the Confederacy . Lead , tin and zinc were in desperately short supply , and lack of copper prevented the casting of bronze cannon for months at a time . There was never any hope of realising the ...
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