The Guerrilla Hunters : Irregular Conflicts during the Civil War /

Throughout the Civil War, irregular warfare--including the use of hit-and-run assaults, ambushes, and raiding tactics--thrived in localized guerrilla fights within the Border States and the Confederate South. The Guerrilla Hunters offers a comprehensive overview of the tactics, motives, and actors i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Myers, Barton A., 1980- (Autor, Editor ), McKnight, Brian Dallas (Autor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sezessionskrieg > 1861-1865
Guerilla
War > Underground movements.
Military campaigns.
Guerrillas.
Guerrilla warfare.
Guerilla > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Guerrillas > United States > History > 19th century.
Guerrilla warfare > United States > History > 19th century.
USA
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Campagnes et batailles.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Underground movements.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Kenneth W. Noe
  • Introduction: guerrilla warfare's place in the history of the American Civil War / Brian D. McKnight and Barton A. Myers
  • Partisan ranger petitions and the confederacy's authorized petite guerre service / Barton A. Myers
  • Finding the guerrillas: the power of shadow and perception in the Appalachian theater / Brian D. McKnight
  • Nathan Bedford Forrest and guerrilla war / Brian Steel Wills
  • Home rebels, amnesty, and antiguerrilla operations in Kentucky in 1864 / Stephen Rockenbach
  • "Who is 'Tinker Dave' Beaty?": hunting guerrilla social networks / Aaron Astor
  • The irregular war in Loudoun County, Virginia / Scott Thompson
  • American warlord: reconsidering "guerrilla" leader John Gatewood / Adam H. Domby
  • The Union war on women / Lisa Tendrich Frank
  • Guerrilla warfare and the environment in the trans-Mississippi theater / Matthew M. Stith
  • Irregular naval warfare along the lower Mississippi / Laura June Davis
  • Whiskey, wild men, and Missouri's guerrilla war / Joseph M. Beilein Jr
  • Larkin M. Skaggs and the massacre(s) at Lawrence / Matthew C. Hulbert
  • A spatial approach to Civil War Missouri's domestic supply line / Andrew Fialka
  • Challenging the Union citizen-soldier ideal / Andrew F. Lang
  • Civil War guerrillas in a global, comparative context / Earl J. Hess
  • Afterword / Daniel E. Sutherland.

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