- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Civil War Industry and Manufacturing
- Creator:
- Du, Dan
- Date of Original:
- 2010-06-18
- Subject:
- Industries--Georgia--History--19th century
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Georgia--Economic conditions--19th century - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about industry in Georgia during the Civil War. The manufacturing might of the North during the Civil War (1861-65) often overshadowed that of the South, but the success of the Confederate war effort depended as much on the iron of its industry as the blood of its fighting men. Over the course of the war, Georgia, known as the antebellum "Empire State of the South," became an indispensable site for wartime manufacturing, combining a prewar industrial base with extensive transportation linkages and a geographic location secure for most of the war from the ravages of enemy armies. Manufacturing gunpowder, munitions, textiles, and a vast array of other essential materiel, Georgia's industry kept the Confederacy fighting, if never quite as well supplied as its Northern opponent.
GSE identifier: SS8H5 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/civil-war-industry-and-manufacturing/
- Language:
- eng
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- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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