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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455339103321

Autore

Sutherland Daniel E

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, N.C., : University of North Carolina Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8078-6603-2

1-4696-0558-9

0-8078-8867-2

0-8078-8868-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (454 p.)

Collana

Civil War America

Disciplina

973.7/3013

Soggetti

Guerrilla warfare - United States - History - 19th century

Guerrilla warfare - Confederate States of America

Guerrillas - United States - History - 19th century

Guerrillas - Confederate States of America

Electronic books.

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Underground movements

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-420) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Baltimore; Part I: Beginnings: (Spring-Summer 1861); Part II: Rules of the Game: (Fall 1861-Summer 1862); Part III: Democracy Run Amok: (Fall 1862-Summer 1863); Part IV: Day of the Outlaw: (Fall 1863-1864); Epilogue: 1865; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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. Daniel Sutherland argues that irregular warfare took a large toll on the Confederate war effort by weakening support for state and national governments and diminishing the trust citizens had in their officials to protect them.