Recommended Books about Josiah Gorgas?

Josiah Gorgas, i heard a lot about him. He was certainly an impressive figure, playing a critical role in Confederacy logistics during the Civil War.

I need books that provide comprehensive info about him and Confederate logistics in general. Any recommendations?
 

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I need books that provide comprehensive info about him and Confederate logistics in general. Any recommendations?

Will this do for a start?

Logistics -

Confederate Georgia, Bryan, T. Conn -
Published in 1953, Confederate Georgia describes life in Georgia during the Civil War. T. Conn Bryan presents the political, military, economic, and social aspects of life, including secession, preparations for war, industry and transportation, wartime finance, desertion and disloyalty, women in the conflict, social life and diversions, the press and literary pursuits, education, and religion.

Confederate Industry: Manufacturers and Quartermasters in the Civil War, Harold S. Wilson -
This book examines the Confederate military's program to govern this prosperous industrial base by a quartermaster system. By commandeering more than half the South's produced goods for the military, the quartermaster general, in a drift toward socialism, appropriated hundreds of mills and controlled the flow of southern factory commodities.

Ploughshares into Swords: Josiah Gorgas and Confederate Ordnance , Frank E. Vandiver -
In its review of the 1952 edition, the Southwest Review remarked that "the story of the munitions supply of the C.S.A. is the authentic miracle of military history." The Journal of Southern History stated that "Dr. Vandiver, with the use of much unpublished manuscript material has here made a valuable contribution to Confederate history."

Gorgas

The Journals of Josiah Gorgas, Josiah Gorgas -
In his foreword to the volume, Frank E. Vandiver states: "Wiggins has done much more than present a well-edited version of Gorgas's diaries and journals; she has interpreted them in full Gorgas family context and in perspective of the times they cover. . . . Wiggins informs with the sort of editorial notes expected of a careful scholar, but she enlightens with wide knowledge of American and southern history. . . . Josiah Gorgas [was] an unusually observant, passionate man, a 'galvanized Rebel' who deserves rank among the true geniuses of American logistics."
 
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