The U. S. Civil War Center
Geology and the Civil War


Example of Geological Application

How was battle strategy determined by natural geological outcrops and resources?
Geology and History of the Civil War Iron Industry in the New River-Cripple Creek District of Southwestern VA
Geology and the Civil War in Southwestern Virginia: the Smythe County Salt Works
Geology and the Civil War in Southwestern Virginia: Union Raiders in the New River Valley, May 1864
Geology and the Civil War in Southwestern Virginia: the Wythe County Lead Mines


More Applications


Professional Associations

U. S. Geological Survey


Bibliography/References

Author
Title
Publisher
Year
Brown, Andrew
Geology and the Gettysburg Campaign
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs
May 1966
Guth, Peter L. and James R. Underwood, Ed.
Military Geology in War and Peace (Reviews in Engineering Geology, V. 13)
Geological Society of America
1998
US Geological Survery Bulletin
Geology of the Harpers Ferry Quadrangle, Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia
US Government Printing Office
1996
Walker, A. S. and E-An Zen
Rocks and War: Geology and the Civil War Campaign of Second Manassas
White Mane Publishing Company
2000


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