Kirby Smith's Confederacy: The Trans-Mississippi South, 1863-1865
By (author): "Robert Lee Kerby"
Publish Date:
May 1968
ISBN0231035853
ISBN139780231035859
AsinKirby Smith's Confederacy: The Trans-Mississippi South, 1863-1865
Original titleKirby Smith's Confederacy: The TransMississippi South, 1863-1865
Kerby investigates the many factors that led to the Department's desintegration and offers a case study of a segment of American society that consumed itself by surrendering everything, including its principles and ideals, in pursuit of an unattainable military victory.