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The Howling Storm - Weather, Climate, and the American Civil War (Hardcover)
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The Howling Storm - Weather, Climate, and the American Civil War (Hardcover)
Series: Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
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Traditional histories of the Civil War describe the conflict as a
war between North and South. Kenneth W. Noe suggests it should
instead be understood as a war between the North, the South, and
the weather. In The Howling Storm, Noe retells the history of the
conflagration with a focus on the ways in which weather and climate
shaped the outcomes of battles and campaigns. He further contends
that events such as floods and droughts affecting the Confederate
home front constricted soldiers' food supply, lowered morale, and
undercut the government's efforts to boost nationalist sentiment.
By contrast, the superior equipment and open supply lines enjoyed
by Union soldiers enabled them to cope successfully with the
South's extreme conditions and, ultimately, secure victory in 1865.
Climate conditions during the war proved unusual, as irregular
phenomena such as El Nino, La Nina, and similar oscillations in the
Atlantic Ocean disrupted weather patterns across southern states.
Taking into account these meteorological events, Noerethinks
conventional explanations of battlefield victories and losses,
compelling historians to reconsider long-held conclusions about the
war. Unlike past studies that fault inflation, taxation, and
logistical problems for the Confederate defeat, his work considers
how soldiers and civilians dealt with floods and droughts that
beset areas of the South in 1862, 1863, and 1864. In doing so, he
addresses the foundational causes that forced Richmond to make
difficult and sometimes disastrous decisions when prioritizing the
feeding of the home front or the front lines. The Howling Storm
stands as the first comprehensive examination of weather and
climate during the Civil War. Its approach, coverage, and
conclusions are certain to reshape the field of Civil War studies.
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