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Sand, Science, and the Civil War - Sedimentary Geology and Combat (Paperback)
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Sand, Science, and the Civil War - Sedimentary Geology and Combat (Paperback)
Series: UnCivil Wars Series
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The influence of sedimentary geology on the strategy, combat, and
tactics of the American Civil War is a subject that has been
neglected by military historians. Sedimentary geology influenced
everything from the nature of the landscape (flat vs. rolling
terrain) to the effectiveness of the weapons (a single grain of
sand can render a rifle musket as useless as a club). Sand,
Science, and the Civil War investigates the role of sedimentary
geology on the campaigns and battles of the Civil War on multiple
scales, with a special emphasis on the fighting along the
coastlines. At the start of the Civil War the massive brick
citadels guarding key coastal harbors and shipyards were thought to
be invincible to artillery attack. The Union bombardment of
Savannah's key defensive fortification, Fort Pulaski, demonstrated
the vulnerability of this type of fortress to the new rifled
artillery available to the Union; Fort Pulaski surrendered within a
day. When the Union later tried to capture the temporary sand
fortifications of Battery Wagner (protecting Charleston) and Fort
Fisher (protecting Wilmington) they employed similar tactics but
with disastrous results. The value of sand in defensive positions
vastly minimized the Federal advantage in artillery, making these
coastal strongpoints especially costly to capture. Through this
geologically centered historic lens, Scott Hippensteel explores the
way sediments and sedimentary rocks influenced the fighting in all
theaters of war and how geologic resources were exploited by both
sides during the five years of conflict.
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