03656nam 22007215 450 991033788820332120200629200417.03-030-00877-010.1007/978-3-030-00877-2(CKB)4100000007142762(MiAaPQ)EBC5598993(DE-He213)978-3-030-00877-2(PPN)232472513(EXLCZ)99410000000714276220181114d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRocks and Rifles The Influence of Geology on Combat and Tactics during the American Civil War /by Scott Hippensteel1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2019.1 online resource (323 pages)Advances in Military Geosciences,2522-83153-030-00876-2 Chapter1. Introduction -- Part I. Igneous Rocks -- Chapter2. Second Manassas -- Chapter3. Gettysburg -- Chapter4. Geomorphology and Civil War Combat Photography -- Part II. Metamorphic Rocks -- Chapter5. South Mountain -- Chapter6. Spotsylvania Court House -- Chapter7. Kennesaw Mountain -- Part III. Sedimentary Rocks -- Chapter8. Antietam -- Chapter9. Fredericksburg -- Chapter10. Stones River -- Chapter11. Petersburg -- Chapter12. Morris Island -- Chapter13. Conclusion.This book discusses the relationship between geology and fighting during the American Civil War. Terrain was largely determined by the underlying rocks and how the rocks weathered. This book explores the difference in rock type between multiple battlegrounds and how these rocks influenced the combat, tactics, and strategies employed by the soldiers and their commanding officers at different scales.Advances in Military Geosciences,2522-8315Military historyPolitics and warHistorical geologyStructural geologyGeomorphologyArchaeologyHistory of Militaryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/721000Military and Defence Studieshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912080Historical Geologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G17020Structural Geologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G17040Geomorphologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J16010Archaeologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X13000United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CampaignsUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Environmental aspectsUnited StatesStrategic aspectsSouthern StatesStrategic aspectsMilitary history.Politics and war.Historical geology.Structural geology.Geomorphology.Archaeology.History of Military.Military and Defence Studies.Historical Geology.Structural Geology.Geomorphology.Archaeology.550Hippensteel Scottauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut881837BOOK9910337888203321Rocks and Rifles1969777UNINA