Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Titre(s) : The guerrilla hunters [Texte imprimé] : irregular conflicts during the Civil War / edited by Brian D. McKnight & Barton A. Myers ; foreword by Kenneth W. Noe ; afterword by Daniel E. Sutherland

Publication : Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, copyright [2017]

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xx, 399 pages) : ill. ; 24 cm

Collection : Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War

Lien à la collection : Conflicting worlds  Voir toutes les notices liées

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-377) and index
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 afterward 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. -- Inside jacket flap

Autre(s) auteur(s) : McKnight, Brian Dallas (1968-....). Éditeur scientifique  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur
Myers, Barton A. (1980-....). Éditeur scientifique  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Sujet(s) : Guérillas -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
États-Unis -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Opérations militaires  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey :  973.7 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - 1861-1865  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780807164976 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0807164976 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 9780807164983 (erroné) (pdf). - ISBN 9780807164990 (erroné) (epub). - ISBN 9780807165003 (erroné) (mobi)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb46882865m

Notice n° :  FRBNF46882865 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : 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.