As the South’s economy, morale, and front-line forces waned—
Citations (1)
- The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers whole source · open book
As the South’s economy, morale, and front-line forces waned—by the beginning of 1865 its “present for duty” troop total was down to 155,000 men—surrender was the only realistic choice left.
chapter: The United States and the Civil War