The Guerrilla Hunters: Irregular Conflicts during the Civil War (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)

ISBN 10: 0807164976 / ISBN 13: 9780807164976

Edité par LSU Press, 2017

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In English.

N° de réf. du vendeur ria9780807164976_new

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• Titre: The Guerrilla Hunters: Irregular Conflicts during the Civil War (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)
• Éditeur: LSU Press
• Date de parution: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0807164976
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780807164976
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

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 in these conflicts, from the Confederate-authorized Partisan Rangers, a military force directed to spy on, harass, and steal from Union forces, to men like John Gatewood, who deserted the Confederate army in favor of targeting Tennessee civilians believed to be in sympathy with the Union.

With a foreword by Kenneth W. Noe and an afterword by Daniel E. Sutherland, this collection represents an impressive array of the foremost experts on guerrilla fighting in the Civil War. Providing new interpretations of this long-misconstrued aspect of warfare, these scholars go beyond the conventional battlefield to examine the stories of irregular combatants across all theaters of the Civil War, bringing geographic breadth to what is often treated as local and regional history. The Guerrilla Hunters shows that instances of unorthodox combat, once thought isolated and infrequent, were numerous, and many clashes defy easy categorization. Novel methodological approaches and a staggering diversity of research and topics allow this volume to support multiple areas for debate and discovery within this growing field of Civil War scholarship.

À propos des auteurs

Earl J. Hess is professor emeritus of history at Lincoln Memorial University and the author or editor of twenty-nine books on the American Civil War, including Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness.

Matthew M. Stith is associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Tyler and author of Extreme Civil War: Guerrilla Warfare, Environment, and Race on the Trans-Mississippi Frontier.

Brian Steel Wills is the director of the Center for the Study of the Civil War Era and professor of history at Kennesaw State University. He is the author of numerous books about the Civil War, including George Henry Thomas: As True as Steel, The War Hits Home: The Civil War in Southeastern Virginia, and A Battle from the Start: The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Kenneth W. Noe is the Draughon Professor of Southern History at Auburn University. He is the author or editor of seven books on the American Civil War.