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Josiah Gorgas
Josiah Gorgas (
Early life
Josiah Gorgas was born in Dauphin County,
Civil War
He followed his wife into secession, moved to Richmond and became chief of ordnance for the Confederacy. In this capacity, he worked to create an armaments industry almost from scratch. The South had no
Postbellum
After the war, Gorgas accepted a position at the newly established
References
*Frank E. Vandiver, ed., "The Civil War Diary of General Josiah Gorgas" (University of Alabama, 1947)
*Frank E. Vandiver, "Ploughshares into Swords: Josiah Gorgas and Confederate Ordnance" (Austin, Texas, 1952)
*McPherson, James M. "Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era" (1988)
*Wiggins, Sarah Woolfolk, ed., "The Journals of Josiah Gorgas 1857-1878" (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1995)
External links
* [http://www.sewaneemuseum.org/Sewanee-s-FiveGenerals.html Brigadier-General Josiah Gorgas- the third of "Sewanee's Five Generals"]
* [http://americanhistory.si.edu/westpoint/history_3b1.html Smithsonian: West Point in the making of America]
Источник: Josiah Gorgas
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