A savage conflict : the decisive role of guerrillas in the American Civil War

A savage conflict : the decisive role of guerrillas in the American Civil War / Daniel E. Sutherland.

The American Civil War is famous for epic battles involving massive armies outfitted in blue and gray uniforms, details that characterize conventional warfare. ###A Savage Conflict# is the first work to treat guerrilla warfare as critical to understanding the course and outcome of the Civil War. Dan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sutherland, Daniel E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:
1800-1899
Guerrilla warfare > United States > History > 19th century.
Guerrilla warfare > Confederate States of America.
Guerrillas > United States > History > 19th century.
Guerrillas > Confederate States of America.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Guerrilla warfare
Guerrillas
War > Underground movements
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Underground movements.
United States
United States > Confederate States of America
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Beginnings (Spring-Summer 1861). A People's War
  • A Border War
  • A Delayed War
  • Rules of the Game (Fall 1861-Summer 1862). Stringent Orders
  • Sanctioning Barbarity
  • Not the West Point Way
  • Democracy Run Amok (Fall 1862-Summer 1863). Communities of Bitter Memories
  • In Bad Repute
  • Some Definite Policy
  • Day of the Outlaw (Fall 1863-1864). So Tired of War
  • A Terror to the Citizens
  • One Vast Missouri
  • Epilogue : 1865.

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