Michael A. Flannery

Michael A. Flannery is professor emeritus of UAB Libraries, University of Alabama at Birmingham, co-editor with Katherine H. Oomens of Well Satisfied with My Position: The Civil War Journal of Spencer Bonsall (2007), and author of Civil War Pharmacy: A History (2nd ed., 2017), both published by Southern Illinois University Press.

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Civil War Success

Engineering Victory is as much about wartime logistics—the movement, supply, and support of forces—as it is actual engineering. While Army’s book may not provide much that is new, its synthesizing under one cover the leading influences impacting the war’s logistical challenges and accomplishments is a valuable contribution to Civil War literature.