This final volume in the Suppliers to the Confederacy series ties-up all the loose ends the previous volumes did not cover. This new research over five chapters covers all the war materiel not previously examined. This wide-ranging new title has a total of 251 B/W photographs and illustrations – mostly exclusive from private collections.

January 1860 through April 1861 will prove to be momentous for the country. The Democrat Party will split in two, a new President will have been elected that does not support slavery expansion into the territories and one state will have created a Constitutional crisis by seceding from the Union. And the local newspapers cover the house dividing.