Ironmaker to the Confederacy: Joseph R. Anderson and the Tredegar Iron Works

Charles Dew's unsurpassed Ironmaker to the Confederacy tells the story of the South's premier ironworks & its intrepid owner, Joseph Reid Anderson. Dew's detailed & rich account masterfully describes Tredegar's struggle to supply the Confederate nation with the weapons of war & is a seminal study of southern manufacturing & industrial slavery. The revised edition includes a new preface by Dr. Dew, additional illustrations, and redesigned maps of the ironworks based on new site research and archaelogy.Charles B. Dew is the author of 'Ironmaker to the Confederacy: Joseph R. Anderson and the Tredegar Iron Works', published 1999 under ISBN 9780884901907 and ISBN 0884901904.