The Guerrilla Hunters : Irregular Conflicts During the Civil War

Brian D McKnight

ISBN 10: 0807164976 / ISBN 13: 9780807164976

Published by LSU Press Apr 2017, 2017

About this Item

Neuware - 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.

Seller Inventory # 9780807164976

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Guerrilla Hunters : Irregular Conflicts During the Civil War
• Publisher: LSU Press Apr 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807164976
• ISBN 13: 9780807164976
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 230W x 153H x 31D millimeters 230 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 31 millimeters depth
• Weight: 717 grams

About this title

Synopsis

The Guerrilla Hunters brings together an impressive roster of experts examining the
myriad issues of the American Civil War's many guerrilla conflicts. The study of
guerrilla warfare has entered a renaissance during the last decade, and in this volume,
the editors present groundbreaking new arguments that will shape the future study of
one of the most creative areas of new historical scholarship on the American Civil War.
Readers who ignore these guerrilla wars will never fully understand the nature of
military history during the American Civil War.

About the Author

Brian D. McKnight, professor of history at the University of Virginia's College at Wise, is the author of Contested Borderland: The Civil War in Appalachian Kentucky and Virginia and Confederate Outlaw: Champ Ferguson and the Civil War in Appalachia.

Barton A. Myers is an associate professor of history at Washington and Lee University.He is the author of Executing Daniel Bright: Race, Loyalty, and Guerrilla Violence in a Coastal Carolina Community, 1861-1865 and Rebels Against the Confederate: North Carolina's Unionists.