[CIVIL WAR] SALT AS A FACTOR IN THE CONFEDERACY

Forge Village: University of Alabama Press, 1965. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s green clothing with titling on the spine in gilt; vii, (x), 13-324 pages including The Index; in a price clipped dust jacket; with trivial wear to the edges.~~Purchased by us directly from Gary W. Gallagher’s personal library with a card signed by Mr.Gallagher laid in.~~“Salt was a necessity during the war for general health of people and animals and particularly for curing and preserving meat. A shortage of salt would be disastrous for either side. Lonn discusses the salt shortage that plagued the confederate armies and the southern and the attempts to rectify it.” - Eicher~~“The critical shortage of the homely household necessity, salt, was an important factor in the confederate economy and in the day to day life of the Confederates. Miss Lonn’s account fully merits the overworked appellation “definitive.” - ITC (Eicher 699, ITC 116). Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.