Huckelbridge, Dane. Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit. New York: William Morrow, 2014.
The Civil War chapter presents whiskey as medicine, ration, camp commodity, trade good, tax base, and illicit supply, showing that wartime alcohol cannot be reduced to drinking alone.
Dane Huckelbridge, Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit (New York: William Morrow, 2014), PDF sheets 72–98.
Dane Huckelbridge, Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit (New York: William Morrow, 2014), PDF sheets 72–98.
PDF sheet 98
PDF sheet 72
Huckelbridge, Bourbon, PDF sheets 72–98.
Chapter 4 — Civil War
2026-09-29: fresh supplied-copy review covered all 320 sheets and 87 enlarged visuals. This entry is checked for fidelity to the cited passage, not independent truth. Copy lacks at least endnotes 39–56; earlier complete-source wording is superseded. Historical uses are not modern medical advice. War logistics are not proof whiskey determined victory; wartime production counts do not establish causation.
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